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T  h*!e 

LIFE  &  ADVENTURES 

O  F 

Si<>'   Gail  dent  10  di  Lucca  : 

WRITTEN   BY  HIMSELF. 

••■)vin!7  an  scooiint  of  a  Country  in  the  midfl  of 
the  vaft  D-farts  of  Africa,  being  unknown  to 
any  perfon  except  5'/^.  Gr/,i/aV;^//(9.  and  its  in- 
liabitants,  altho'  as  Ancient,  Populous,  and 
Civilized,  as  the  Chinefe. 
Wi'.h  a  particv.Iaf^Accor.nt  of  their  Antiquity, 
Origin,  Religion,  Ciiftoms,  Policy,  ^^:c.— 
the  manner  how  they  got  firft  overthofe  vafl  X^z- 
r.-,^^ — arid  their  mctisod  of  travelling. 

J  :i..:rrperfed  with  feverai  mbft  furprizing  and  cu- 
rious Incidents. 

COPIED   FROr^   THE     ORIGINAL    MANUSCRIPT 

KEPT  IN  Sr.  Mark's  library  at  Venice. 
Flrfi  AMERICAN" Eddion, 


IT  O  R  W  I   C  H  : 


Printed  and  fold  by  John   Trumbull,   at  his 
printin 
Hoijfe, 


printing-  Oilicea  tew  rods  weft  UQiTi  the  Couxl 


M,DCC,XCVI 


IWfc  FLOWERS  COLLEtUQl      .....^u. 


T  H  E  ^^^" 

LIFE&'  JDFENTfZRES 


Sign.  Gaudsn  '    I'l  Lucca, 


-»*3S!EiS3;:3!»*-  - 


WROTE  AT  Bologna  n< 


1 '"  . 

A  1  /J. 


?\   /f  Y  name  is  Gi7i/.-/f«//5   di  Lucca:    I  wss  (b 

,1VX     called,  becaafe  my   Ancsuors   were  faM 

to  be  originally  of  that    place.     Tho'    they   ha.i 

been  fettled  for  fome  time    at   Ragrift,   where    i 

vras  born.     My  Father's  name  was  Gafparino  dl 

i^ucca,  h-j::eiofore,  a  ipcrciiant  of  foiiie    note    in 

thofe  parts  ;  my  mother- was   a    Corfican    Lady, 

•)-  (J-fcen  hofc     who    had 

.,A  ...  .r.f  perron<.c.  ,  i.i         '     ^''l:!:'!.       My 

9;ran«.i father,   Barnarair,  .  ..\:,:,     wa^:  a 

and  captain  ofthegreat   Venerio's 

;  r  tam  r:i  bart(e  of  Lepanto  a^ainll  ;lic  T'urkj. 

:■  in  our  family,    that   ke\W4fl 

.  no  s  lou  by  a  Grecian  LaJy  of  great  quali^- 

:,   ■: f--  ^'clc^iiid..'  hv'-  •'-   ^:^   •'•■'•'.  wl.o 

31B(iy8 


4  I/.  ^  AJvcnture:  •f 

huo!  bcri)  I  r$  ol  CiMjftaniinopif ,      But    Htc 

r»ipi:  if.  '.,...  'I,  and  tlic/  liuvlng  becu  only 
j\-ivuiciyjjjP^i-i.-  !,  Vcnciio  bred  hi:n  up  as  the 
Ton  of  a  rmr.J  ot  his  who  was  kilUd  in  the  wars.. 

El'T,  to  rc'iirnto  mTrdf  : 

-^iV      •  a   pUniiivJ  iorti.'ne,,   took 

riii'i'  ..  .  .:  education  r;f   his  children  : 

two  fens,    of    whom    I    was    tl.:, 
tcf  who  died  young,     Fin- 
V..     ■  1  i..*v  ..  ^,  >..   tj  ■  lination 'i;  learnin^r,  hr  pro- 
:.-,  /pi  !»^  \y  prov;v.^lr  c  ir.?  \\  "ft!!  Uig  bell    niaitcw, 
i^n  iiivci'lity.       The 

1  ot    {^rcat    ufc  as 

.  r  icmcn,  he  taught 
^uagc  Called  Lingua 
1  .a.iC.i,  ii;  ntcciiar^  iii  Eii.'lcin  countries  It  is 
a  jargon  ot*  all  languages  mixed  together.  He 
.'{tc;  wards  fcnt  nie  to  the  fairous  ynivcrfity  of 
i'jris  to  learn  French,  at  the  (on:c  t'n.c  w  Ith  try 
other  ftudits  ;  wl»?re  I  lived  Tome  t|mc,and  main- 
tained my  thclc's  of  urivtrrcl  rh'.!cfcj^hy  under 
ihc  celebrated  Moia'.  Du  ilainc!. 

1  WAS  entering  into  my  i^ih  ycar»  and  Wad 
foir.e  thcu^'hts  ot  taking  to  the  church  ;  when 
my  brother  wrote  n^r  the  n'c lanclioly  accourt  of 
my  father  and  mother's  d<.-atl-,  ;^nd  the  uiitor'.u^ 
nate  ccc^fion  of  it  ;  wliich  in  fliort  was»  Ths; 
|ta>Mng|(4l  his  rithefl  Onp  with  all  his  tfIV6\s  by 
Viiates,  and  ii-',t  wiih  fcvcrjl  other  loffrs  irt'  '  - 
'  ■  ■'  ::ri  I  <.i«y  mother  into  I'o  rittp  a  mchr. 
-rokc  their  hcurts,  dyinj;  in  thr 
-r  the  (^'  My  hrtthcr  told  mc  ix  w^;. 

•  ,j  to  '■•:;  ,.'  jt  I'l.f  \'.  •  \^c:i  ']n\    as    I 

had 


Sigfior  GA-xjDHnrio  VI  Lucca,  ? 

liAd  been  ;  but   acquainted   mc  hs   had  made  a 
flntt  to  rig  out  a  fmall  ycirel,   wbcrem  he  had  pui 
hisalh  andinviredmcto  join  the  fmall  portion 
that  fell  to  my  ftiarc, along  with  him, with  which, 
he  faid,  we  could  make  a   pretty  good   bottom; 
and  Co  retrieve  the  (battered  fortune  of  our  family. 
Not  to  be  too  prolix,   I  fell  owed  his  advica  .;  he 
foldhi-s  houfeand  gardens  to  pay  his  father's  cre- 
ditors, and  put  what  was  left,  together  with  my 
Ijitleilcck,  into  that  unfony^iite   bottom.       v^ 
fst  fail  from  Ragufa,  the  third  cf  March,   A.  D. 
1688,  for  Cyprus    and  Alexandria  ;  but,  as  wc 
were  purfuing  our  voyage,  one  nriorning  in  a  pro- 
digious fog,  as  if  the  Tea  were  fatal  to  our  family, 
%ve  favy  on  2  fudden  two  Algerinc  rovers  coming 
clofeup  to  ii5,  one  on  each  (ide.     Wc  had  fcarcc 
time  to  fee  where  we  were,  when  they  fired  up- 
on us,  and  commanded  us  to  yield,  or    wc  were 
dead  men.     My  brother  and   I,  confidcring  that 
our  all  was  at  flake  ;   and  that  wc  had  better  die 
honourably  treafl  be  made  {ii\vcs,    caJlcd^up    our 
men,  who  were  but  23  in  all,  of  w-^hom  five  were 
yi)ung  j^fintlemen,  v.  hu  had  engaged  io  try  their 
fortunealong  withriS-.     They   were  armed  oniy 
with  fvvords  and  piflols  under  their   girdles  ;^  al- 
ter a  ihort   confuhation,  we  refotvcd  to  fight   it 
out  to  the  laft  man  ;   we  turned  back    to  back  to 
:ikehead  agaiail  both   fides.     My  brorljer    in 
xcx  midd'e  of  one  rank,  and  myfcli  in  the  other  ^ 
the  enemy  rnountedour  deck  by  crowds^  lookt^v^ 
as  madmen,  to  pretend  lO   make  a,fiy   r^lii- 
uncc  ;  but  they  were  foon  m.adc  to  )etp  bflck,  at 
Icdft  all  that  were  able  ;  lor  beii^g  cloU-  up    ww^ 
them,  and  the enemys  crowded  i'Oi>;et nor,  Wi?  fir- 
ed our  piliols  fo  luckily,  tha<  fcarcc  or 
'tj;  execution.     Sccintr*'^"^    ""    '^ 


^J*.  t  C/,1  U' 


wc  made  a  piifti  at  them  on  etch  fide,  ft  ill  keep- 
'tp.i  '  *:,    and  drove    the    remainder  ! 

)or  _,  Jcjk  ;  this  we  did  t\vice    before 

©f  our  rrrn  dropped.    We  were  grappled  fo  clvU- 
they  had  no  ufe  of  their  cannon  or  miiilccls,    zt 
fcarce  thought  of  firing   their  ptftols    at   us,     bi. 
expe<ncd  wc  (hcrld  yield  immediately,  or  to  have 
borne  us  down  with  jjieir  weight.       The   Arch- 
Pirate,  who  vras  a  ftoct,  well   built   young    mar 
Talked  like  a  lion,  calling  his  men  a  ihoufaiid  cow 
ards,   fo  loud,  that  his  voice  was  heard  above    al 
the  cries  of  the  foldiers.     The  c^.gc  of  their  fur> 
was  a  liiile  abatc;d  at  the    dropping    of  fo,  man 
men.      They   began    to  fire  at   Tome    dillancc 
which  did  ti$  more  harm  than  their    moi^    furiou 
attacks.      .Nfy  brother  feeing   his    men   br^^in    t 
drop  in  their  turn,  ordered  me  to    face    the   on 
fiiip,   while  he  with  his  rank    leaped    in    among: 
the  enemy  in  the  other.     He  did  it  with  fuch  zr. 
jntrepi'Jity,  that  he  made  a  gap  among  the  thick- 
eft  of  them  immediately.    But  their  numbers  clo- 
fir.  i>er,  their  very  weight  dr<;vc   him    back 

in  I,  ..^  .  of  all  he  could  do,  that  he  lo^  feveral 
of  his  men  bcfoie  he  could  recover  liiii  poft.  Tlic 
enemy  vvoiild  neither  board  in, nor  leave  us  ;  W;; 
filing  at  12S  continually,  ftill  killed  f.)me  of  otj* 
men.  There  were  n«w  only  eleven  of  us  left  ; 
and  no  hupecof  vi(5tory  or  quarter  after  fuch  ob- 
ftinate  rcnftjncc.  They  durft  not  come  to  ;i 
clofc  enga^.tnent  with  us  for  all  this  ;  when  my 
brci^her,  to  die  as  honourably  is  he  could,  ont.'- 
rnorc  IcapC'i  into  the  Pirate's  thip,  atid  feei:!,^ 
tl:iir  captain  in  the  nridft  of  them,  marie  at  1i1'l\ 
with  all  his  might,  calling  on  the  fov  !■?  had  ItI: 
nd  him,  he  fuon  cut  his  way  through  ; 
"g  up  {-    '  • 


1    »    t.T-fr    r<)'-r^\')2    CD    !0 


Si^Kfr  GA\}DEi;rio  di  Lucca.  7. 

ly  Turk  clapt  a  piflol  ju{l  below  his  two  (hoiil- 
dcr  blades,  and  I  believe  fhot  him  quite  through 
the  heart,  for  he  dropped  down  dead  on  the  fpot» 
The  Turk  that  (hot  him  was  run  throughihc  bo- 
dy by  one  of  our  men,  and  he  himfelf,  with  the 
pthers  that  were  left,  being  quite  overpowered, 
^•'rre  all  cut  in  pieces, 

I  had  yet  left  four  men  on  my  fide  againft  the 
iciTer  fhip,  and  had  until  then  kept  off  the  enemy 
i'roiTL  boarding  ;  but  tlis  pirates  giving  a  great 
l^out  at  my  brothers  fall,  the  captain  of  the  fhip 
1  was.  engaged  with^  v^'ho  was  the  Arch-pirate's 
brother,  cried  out  to  Lis  crew,  that  it  was  a  fhame 
io  (land  all  day  firing  at  five  men.  So  he  leaps 
on  my  deck,  and  made  at  me, with  his  piflol  fleatl- 
ily  pois'd  in  his  hand.  I  met  him  with  equal 
Ttfoluiion  ;  he  came  boldJy  up  within  fvvord's 
^length,  and  fired  his  piftol  directly  at  my  face  ; 
^T  aimed  his  fhot  fo  right,  that  one    of   the  balls 

.nt  thro'  my  hair;  and  the  dlicr  fcarr'd  the    fide 

of  my  neck.     But  bcfote  he  could  fecond  his  fhot, 

1  gave  him  fuch  a  ftroke  with   my    broad  fword, 

^between,  the  temple  and  the  left  ear,   that  he   im- 

'rnediatcly  fell  and  expired.     Juft  at  that  moment, 

a  mufkct-feall  went  thro'  the  brawny  part   of  my 

right  arm,  and  at  the  fame  tipie  11  Turk  hit  mc 

en  the  back  Tide  of  my  h?ad  with  the  butt-end   of 

'his  mulkct,  that  I  fell  on  the   body   of  my   (lain 

enemy.     My  companions,  all  but  one,  who   di- 

Lcd  of  his  wounds  foon  after,   fell    honourably    by 

jniy  fide.     The  Turks  pour'd  in  from  both  (hips 

like  wolves  upon  their  prey,  ar.d  fell  to  Gripping 

the  dead  bodies  and  threw  them  into  tht  fta.  All 

our  crew  befidc  myfelf  were  flain  or  gafping  with 

.yj  of  the  caemy.     When  they  co«ic  to  ftrip    mc 

jikv- 


Z  Li/f  iJ  Adx'ir.iurtj  tf 

like  ilie  rcrt,  Iwasjuftcomr  to  myfclf,  bcin* 
only  ftunncd  by  the  ilrokc  of  the  mtilkct  :  I  had 
pot  iJf  on  my  kncc«,  rn<lc  "  ^  to  rci  '  » 
f.vord  to  dctcrid  myfclf    to  :    K'"^^?. 

tiirec  of  them  tell  down  upon  me,  and  prcfrji)^ 
rr.e  to;l)«  dcclc.  while  others   brought  cor  i 

tied  my  hinds,  to  carry  me  to    the  captain.       ..: 
was  drcfling  a  Giglit  wottnd  he  had  in  his  leg  with 
a  piftol  0)0:  ;  and  four  vomer,  in  Perfian    habijs 
(landing  by  ;   three  ot  them  fccming  to  be  alir  • 
dints  to  the  fourth,   who    was  a    mof^    exqiii 
bcautv,  except  an  Ampzonian  kind  of  ficrccnefs 
in  hfr  looks.     When  \  wis  hrciiffht  thus   b^J'jnd 
to  the  Captain,   they  aifurcd  him  I  uai  the   man, 
that  had  (lain    his   brother,    and  done  the  xtiO^ 
harm  of  any  of  the  rcfl.     The  Captain   in  great 
fury,  called  for  a  r.-rw  fcymitar,  he  had  in  his  cab- 
in, faid,  let  me  cleave  the  head  of"  this   Chiiftian 
dog,  ss  he  did  my  poor  brorhcT's.     "V^'itli  that    he 
drew  thr  fcymi'ar,  and  was  going  to  flrikc,  when 
to  the  artoniflimcm   oi  the  very    Barbarians,   tlic 
Grange  lady  cry'd  out,  O  fave  that   br3\'c   young 
man  !  and  immediately  falls  dowr  (>n    licr   knees 
by  me,  catching  me  in   her    armi,    and  clalping 
me  clofc  to  her  bofon>,     and  covering   my   body 
with  her  own,  crycd  out,   Itrike,  cruel  njan,    but 
Alike  thro'  me,  for  otherwirc  a   hair   of  his  head 
fhallnot  be  hurt.  'V\\c  P?raif  lit'ted  up  his  eyes  to- 
wards Heaven,  and  v^'iih"  a^joan  enough  to  break 
Ills  heart,  faid,   how,    cruel    woman  \    llull  this 
firangerina    moment    obtain    more  than    I    caA 
with  all  my  fighs  and  teari  !    Is  this  your   para- 
mour that  robs  me  of  wlut  I  liave  fought  for  with 
the  danger  of  my  life  r    No,    this    Clniftian    liog 
(hall  be  no  longer  my   curfcd  rival  ;  and   lifting 
Up  his  hand,  was  goi  ig  to  ftfikc  again,    wlu  n 

(he 


Oic  cry 'clout  agsir.,  hoU^,  Ha'r.ct  !  this  1$  no  ri- 
val, I  never  fa w  I, is  face  btfors,  nor  ever  will 
again,  if  you  vviil  but  fpare  his  life,  there  i: 
fomething,  fays  fhe,  in  this  young  mart  that  he 
miifl  not  die  ;  and  if  you  will  prui^slfc  and  fwcar 
by  the  mod  Holy  Alcoran,  you  will  do  him  no 
harm,  I  not  only  proinifcto  be  your  wile,  hiii 
give  you  leave  to  fell  him  to  f  >me  hcnonrable  per- 
fon  for  a  flavc,  and  vy  ill  never  fee  him  QiOre,  fa/j 
Hvill  you  Ham$t. 

After  a  little  paufe,  the  Pirate  fwore  in  that 
folsmn  manner,  never  to  do  rnc  any  hurt  direct- 
ly or  indire£lly,  and  the  lady  ordered  one  of  her 
fcrvants  to  attend  me  condantly.  So  I  was  un- 
bound, and  was  immediately  carried  under  deck 
lo  (he  other  end  of  the  Hjip,  when  the  Turk 
commanding  his  men  to  fteer  back  for  Alexan- 
dria, in  order  as  I  fuppofcd,  to  difpofe  of  me, 
hat  he  might  be  rid,  as  he  thought,  of  fo  formi- 
dable arivaL 

"vVhile  I  was  under  confinement,  fevcral  of 
he  Pirates  were  tolerably  civil  to  me  ;  knowing 
iie  afccndant  the  lady  had  over  their  captain,  and 
ijcirjor  witnelfcs,  how  (he  had  fav'd  my  life.  One 
day  being  indifpofed  for  want  of  air,  1  begged  to 
'  e  carried  upon  d;!ck  to  breathe  a  little  ;  when  I 
.ameup,  I  faw  the  lady,  with  her  woman,  ftan- 
dingat  the  other  end  of  the  (hip.  I  ma<ic  her  a 
very  rcfpeftable  bow  at  a  diflancc  ;  but  as  foon  ai 
(he  caft  her  eye  upon  ine,  Hie  went  down  into  the 
r.^ibin,  I  fuppofe,  to  keep  her  promife  with  the 
Captain.  Alter  I  Vvas  carried  down  again,  I 
^fked  the  mrfl  (enfible  and  civilized  of  the  Pi- 
tatcF,  who  their  Captain  wa?,  and  who  was  my 

B  fair 


Lift  a  AJie'iturei  •/ 

0:c  came  to  be  among  ilicm  ;  becaufc  (hz  fceiTicJ 

be  a  perfoQ  of  iiuioh  higher  rank.     He  toKI  mc 

•*i>  Cjptiiii's  name  '   a     ''       ct,   Ton  to   the     Dcy 

cf  Alt^icrs  i   who  K.;  i  hi$  father's   houfc 

n  accoufU  oi  his   young  mother-in-law's  falling 
4ovc  Willi  him.      For  which  rcafon    his    farhcr 

uS   contrived    to  have  him    aflinated  ;    but  his 

Jiingcr  brother,  by  the  fame  mother  difcove red 
ihtdcfign.  S:)  collef^ing  a  band  ot  ftout  young 
iiicn,  they  feizcJtwo  of  liicir  father's  bcft  Ihipi, 
anJ  rcfolvc*!  to  follow  the  profcffion  they  were 
now  of,  *t;U  they  heard  of  ihrir  father's  death. 
That  as  for  the  !ady  who  ha.i  favcd  his  }ifc»  ihc 
v.aj:  ;l;e  Istc  wife  of  ?. perty  Prince  oi  the   Curdi, 

ibiitary  to  ihc  King  ot  Perfia,  whofc  hufband 
had  been  lately  ki'led  by  treachery,  or  in«n  am- 
biifcade  cf  the  wiid  Arabs.  Tiut  the  Prince  h.id 
b-en  fciit  by  the  Ki^gtc  Alexandria;  who  ap-« 
prchendl'ig  an  irifurreclion  anaong  his  fubjcc^i, 
had  ordered  him  tc  treat  foj  foine  troops  of  Arabi- 
na  horfe.      That  he  went  there  with  a  very  hand- 

>m*  equipage,  and  took.  Kis  beautiful  wife  along 
wiiii  hiin  ;  cur  Captain,  happened  to  b«  there  at 
tli;  fame  time  to  lell  his  prizes,  and  fold  fcveral 
articles  of  grtr.i  v*lijr,  to  the  Curdilh  Lord  and 
lady,  h^  alfu  contraiflcd  a  particular  fricndiliip 
for  him,  (rather  for  his  wife.)  he  attended  t'v  'n 
and  offered  his  fervice  on  ail  occafions. 

At  'C:i^  :i  «j;e  v^ui.  ..i.  i^^.M  pCi  I  jimcd  his 
c  ^:"nmi»fi»>n,  and  was  upon  the  return,  when  wc 
perceived  our  Captain  to  be  extremely  melan- 
choly and  penfive,  bjt  could  no:  tell  what  was 
the  caufe  ot  it.  Hi  told  mc  in  private  one  day, 
that  he  lufpeftcd  tb-rrc  was  a  plo;  forming  againU 

himfclf, 


o^^w^r  Gaudentio  di  Lucca.         h 

Iji.isielf,  or  the  Curd,  as  he  overheard  fomc  Ara- 
.  bian  (irangcrs,  which  indicated  T'lfpicions  in  him  ^ 
;  lie  bid  me  to  attend  him  well  armed  wherever    he 
5  went.     The  cvciit  proved  he  had  rcaloriS    for  hie 
fiifpicions  ;  for  or.e  evenitig»    as    the  Curd    and 
his  wife  were  taking  the  air,  with   giu*    Captain.. 
,  who  was  always  of  the  party,  pailing  thro'  a   lit- 
tle Wv)od  about  a  league  out  of  town,   fix    Arabi- 
an hoiTemen^  very  well  mounted  ;   came   fwiftlj 
up  to  us,  and    v/ithoct    f^yinj:;  a    word,  two  of 
them  fired  their    pillols  dired:!/  at    the   Curdift] 
Lo;;^,   who  was   forcmed,  but   by   good  fortune 
mliTcd  us  alL       The    Curd  drew  his  fcymitar, 
and  rudiingia  ainongthem,  cut  off  the  foremofi: 
man's  he:id,  as  clean  as  if  it  had  bszii  a  poppy  ; 
but  advancing  too  t4ir,  one  of  them   tvirncd   (hor!<, 
and  Ihot  him  in  the  funk,  that^he  dropped  down 
'  dead  immediately,  they  tlien  rode  oS'  with  incred- 
ible f»vit'rncfs.     We  condudlcd    the  dlfcsrifolatc 
lady  and  her  dead  hufDxnd  bnck  to  the  town,  where 
people  made  no  more  of  it,  being  accultjmcd 
uo  auK  things,  than  if  it-had  hzzn  a  coalman  ac- 
cident,    ' 

When  hci' grief  was  a  litih  abated  o«r  C'p* 
tain  told  the  lady,  that  it  was  n^t  fife  for  her  i  ? 
return  home  the  fame  way  that  fhe  catne  ;  that  in 
all  probability;  thofe  v/ho had  killed  her  huiLand 
were  i;^  confederacy  wii!i  the  diJaifciled  party, 
and  would  way-lay  her,  cither  for  his  paper?;,  or 
her  goods.  Tnat  hehad  tvVo  ih'.ps  well-manned 
at  her  fervice,  and  would  condud  her  fate  bv  fea 
to  [o,r\-  part  of  the  Periian  E  npire,  from  whence 
ihii  might  get  into  her  own  country.  She  con- 
fentcdat  lai'f,  and  went  on  boaiii  with  her  atten- 
dants and  tffvids.       Our  C  '^-v    you  may   be 

furc^- 


fl 


L'iff  Is*  ,1  JViKfure^-of  fl 

.    .  .1 


fnrf,  ^^asin  no  lii'lc  10  c^rry  htr  liome,  be  hii«i 
Jallcn  di  fperatcly  in  love  with  her  :  So  that  in- 
dead  of  cart)  in^^  hrr  to  any  of  the  Perfian  domin- 
ion.<,  he  (iirc^cd  his  ccurfc  for  Aliziersj  hearing 
l.is father  wasdead  ;  hut  mfrelir.^  v»iihy(>ii,  it  has 
t^Taric  hi:Ti  alirr  his  mcjOrrrs  tor  the  pit  Tent.  l\c 
has  trycd  a!)  'C^ays  to  ^airt  her  lovo,  hut  fne  would 
not  give  Mm  the  Irafl  ciX'cnragfnieiit,  'lill  this 
late  accidcru,  b^  wltich  (he  laved  \our  life.  Hc:c 
ended  the  Pi  rate's  relation. 

Not  Inrigafrcr  we  arrived  at  Aicxan:*ria,'«hcrc 
the  Pirate  fold  ►lltlie  ciftifls,  taken  on  hoard  our 
fhip.  lie  dttcrnnncd  to  carry  rnc  to  Grand  Ca- 
rio,  lo  IcU  iT.c  to  a  ft  range  merchant  he  had  aft 
acqtJaintancc  l^irh,  v»licrc  I  fhould  never  5se 
kcard  of  more, 

Wh^..  .\^.  lived  at  Grand  Carlo,  I  was  car- 
Mcd  to  the  place  where  the  nierchants  n^eet  to  ex- 
ibarge  their  con:rr;odIiips  ;  tlitrc  wtre  pcrfon? 
'-^rahnoll  yil  the  Eaftcrn  and  Indian  rations.  At 
Iftfl,  iKc  Pirate  and  (Iranj^c  merchant  fpycd  one 
j^nothrr  ahi)oll  at  the  inftant,  after  fome  mutual 
conip! inherit 5,  the  Pirate  told  liim  he  had  met 
M'itli  furh  a  pcrfon  as  he  had  prcmifcd  tr\  procure 
for  him  I  wo  yea  r  5  before,  meaning  rr.yiclf.  Tlic 
fnerchant  eyed  me  irom  ti  p  to  tor,  wiih  the  moi^ 
<• ' '"  '  •■  tir.p  looi  J  cvt-r  fjw  in  my  life  ;  yet  fifemcd 
Kt  the  lumc  thr.e  ;  he  was  very  richly 
c  lad,  attrTulcd  with  tl.rec  )cuncr  trcn,  who  ftem- 
fd  rath*  r  fohs  than  fcrVants.  He  af!<cd  the  Pirate 
•».vhut  he  inuD  give  for  me  i  he  told  him,  1  had 
colt  I  im  very  dear)  and  v^i^.h  that  iccouhtcd  to 
■  ■  ".  the  citvnmtiattr.tsof  the  fi[;ht,  wherein  ' 
..:n  ;  i^nd  ID  lIvv- hi:;;  ihE  due,  fcprefentc. 

i 


ifi/'^^r  Ga'jdinti©  DI  Li/CCA.  1% 

;:  no  ways  to  my  difadvantagc.  However,  thoft 
were  not  the  qualifications  the  merchant  d^fircd* 
V/iiat  he  wanted  wa«  a  pciTon  who  was  afcholar, 
tnd  could  give  him  an  account  of  the  artf  and  fci^ 
eiiccs,  laws,  cuftoms,  kc,  of  the  Chrillian*. 

TfTE  Pirate  told  him,  I  was  an  European 
Chriftian,  and  a  fcholar,  and  could  undoubtedly 
gratify  him,  with  rcfpecl  to  my  country.  This 
made  the  n^erchant  rcfolvc  to  buy  mc.  When 
they  came  to  the  price,  the  Pirate  demanded  4<j 
ounces  of  gold,  and  three  fiik  carpets.  The  mer- 
chant a9;recd  with  him  at  the  firit  word  ;  only  de— 
fn-ndcd  all  the  books,  /jlobes,  mathematical  in— 
flfuments,  and  in  fine,  whatever  he  had  left  of 
my  cffe£ls  into  the  bargain  ;  this  was  agreed  to, 
»nd  I  wasdeliv'cred  to  the  merchant.  Asfoonas 
I  was  put  iiito  bis  power,  he  embraced  mc  with 
agrcat  deal  of  tendernefs  faying,  I  (hould  not  re- 
paint my  chanj^c  of  life  ;  his  attendants  came  up 
tome,  and  embraced  mc  in  the  fame  manner, 
calling  mc  brother,  and  cxprcfTcd  great  joy  f©jf 
having  mc  of  their  company. 

The  merchant  bid  the  young  men  to  take  m« 
down  to  the  canvanfera  or  inn,  that  I  might  re— 
frcfh  myfelf,  and  change  my  habit  to  the  famcas 
they  were.  I  was  ycry  much  furprifed  at  fuch 
imexpeded  civilities  from  Grangers.  Bur,  before 
I  went,  I  turned  to  the  Pirate,  a.d  faid  to  him 
with  an  air,  th  t  made  the  merchant  put  on  a 
very  thoUj^'htful  look  i  tiat  I  (hanked  Iiim  for 
krrping  his  prornifc  in  faving  my  life  ;  but  ad- 
ded, that  t!;o  'thi*  fortune  of  war  had  put  it  in  his 
power  to  CAl  mc  like  a  bcafl  in  the  market,  it 
aii^ht  he  iit  mine  fomc  time  gr other  ta  render  th« 

<;  ^iif 


<4  LrfeU  Aavtnfuni  •f 

Vikckipi^ncfs.  So  we  parted,  the  Pirate  grumb- 
ling a  little  TNithin  himlVlf.  As  f hey  were  con- 
du6t'"*  "  -  *  ^  'he  canvanfcra  -HJicrc  ihcy  lodged, 
I  w;  s  forrowiul  rcflcdion,   that  1  waf 

«fla  I  had   changed  my   mafler  ;  but 

my  c<;n4:aiiions  comforted  me  with  the  rr,o(t  en- 
dearing \vords,  tellirg  m?,  that  I  need  irar  noth- 
ing :  That  I  llioiild  ertcem  myfelf  oncot  thehap- 
piefl  rrtn  in  the  world,  ulien  they  were  arrived 
iafc  in  their  own  country,  which  they  l:«|icd 
would  wot  be  long.  That  i  (houkl  be  as  free  a| 
they  VI  ere,  and  lollow  what  employment  of  life 
vr.y  incilnationsled  mc  to,  without  any  rcflraint 
Avliatfotver.  In  fine,  tiieir'difcourfc  filled  mc 
•with  frc(h  amazrnient,  and  gave  me  at  the  fanif 
time  afort  of  jureiiiicdcfirc  to  fee  the  event. 

Will  M.I  came  to  thehoufcs  I  was  flrucV  wit}^ 
vondcf  2\  the  magnificence  of  it,  rfpcciaily  at 
the  richncfs  of  the  fuiniture  ;  the  l.oufc  was  one 
nf  the  bell  in  aU  Grand  Cairo,  *tho  built  low  ac- 
cording to  the  cuflom  of  the  country.  It  fcemf 
they  always  Oaid  a  yeitr  before  they  reujrncd  intq 
their  own  country,  ;ind  fpared  no  c(.ft  to  rrake 
their  banifhmem,  as  they  called  it,  as  cafy  as  they 
could.  I  was  entertained  with  the  moft  delicious 
fruits  and  tl;e  richcft  wines  ;  by  which  I  law 
they  were  not  Mahometans.  Not  knowing  what 
foimakc  of  them,  1  afltcd  them  who  they  were  ; 
of  wl'at  country,  what  fc6l  and  profcflionj  and 
the  like  ;  they  fmiled  at  my  qucftions,  and  told 
jncthey  were  children  af  the  fun,  and  were  cal- 
led Mezoranians  \  which  wa»  as  unintelligible  \o. 
mc  as  all  the  reft.  Buff  forthfir  country,  they 
told  mc  I  fliould  fee  it  in  a  few  months,  and  bid 
^\t  ?.fk  no  further  ^ucIUons.     Frcfcntly  my  maf- 

tcf 


i/V;for  CJaudentiodi  Lucca.         t^ 

tcrcamc  in,  anJ  embracing  me,  once  more  bl.l 
me  welcome. — He  then  addreUed  me  ;is  follo-'.vs  i 
Young  man,  by  the  laws  ot  this  country  you  arc 
mine  ;  I  have  bought  you  at  a  vcr;f^fc|BB|  pricey 
but  I  know  of  no  laws  in  the  univ'cj;HH|at  can 
make  a  fiec-born  maji  becoaie  a  Hkwe  Sp  one  of 
his  own  fpccies.  If  you  will  voluntarily  gd 
ji^ong  with  us,  you  fliall  enjoy  as  much  freedom 
as  I  do  my  felt  ;  You  ihali  b-;  exempt  from  all 
barbarous  laws  of  thofc  iahum^n  countries^ 
whofe  biutalcudoms  are  u  (Iiaaic  to  the;  di^znity 
«5f  a  rational  creature,  Wc  are  hltd  with  th.; 
moft  opulent  country  in  the  world  ;  we  leave  it 
to  your  choice  to  go  along  with  us  if  you  pieaf:  ; 
if  you  will  not,  I  here  give  ycu  yfj/^/jt/kfy,  and 
redore  to  you  all  the  remains  '^^i^^^^^^f^^)  \n\\i 
what  afliilance  you  ^^"^/'^MflHP^^^  b7.ck 
again  into  your  own  country.  olBf,  this  I  inuil 
telh^ou,  if  you  go  with  us,  'tis  likely  you  will 
never  come  back  again,  or  perhaps  defire  it. 
Here  he  flopped,  and  obferved  my  couatenanc© 
with  a  gregt  deal  of  attcntioDa 

I  WAS  llruck  with  admiration  of  his  gencrofity, 
and  knew  not  what  anfwer  to  give  him.  On 
the  one  hand  the  natural  defire  of  liberty  prompt- 
ed me  to  accept  my  freedom  ;  on  the  other,  I 
confidcred  my  fliattcrcd  fortune  ;  that  I  was  left 
in  a  ftrangc  country  fo  far  from  home,  among 
Turks  and  Infidels.  The  confiderations  mad.J 
me  rcfolvs  to  go  with  him.  I  rofe,  and  making 
a  moil  profound  reverence,  my  lord^  faid  J,  or 
rather  my  father  and  deliverer,  I  am  yours  by 
all  the  lies  of  gratitude  a  human  hears:  is  capabb 
f;  I  rcfign  myfclf  to  your  conduct,  and' will 
tollow  you  to  ihc  end  af  iLs  w<^rld.     This  I  i^zid 

wiiil 


Vitb  fuch  emotion  of  fpirit/that  I  believe  he 
faw  info  my  very  foul  ;  for  embracing  inc  cncc 
fnore  wiih  a  moil  incxprrfllblc  tcmlerncfs^  I  a- 
dopt  ^H^fiinJ  iiC,  for  mv'  Ton  ;  and  tbefearc  your 
br(»tli^JPpgij]!!no  to  his  twoyoung  companioni  { 
all  I  require  6f  )cu  is,  that)0u  live  as  fuch. 

SocN  after  this,  he  pave  orc^crs  to  his  attcrt- 
dants'o  uiihdraw,  they  obeyed  iinmcdiatcly  witk 
a  filial  rcr^)C<5l  ;  then  taking  mc  by  the  hand  b.t 
made  me  fit  down  by  him,  and  a(V'cd  me  if  it 
>vrre  really  true,  as  the  Pirate  in<*ormed  him, that 
I  ^vas  an  Enropfa^  Chriilian  r  I  told  him  I  was, 
;»nd  in  that  belief  would  live  aiid  die.  So  yon 
may,  f..id  he,  fc^min^^  plrafcd  at  my  anfwer.  H* 
then  enquired  panicularly  into  the  laws  of  tile 
Cbjifvaus,  and  upon  what  principle  they  vrer« 
founded;  to  ?'!  .vhich  qucflions,  I  t^ave  him  m- 
fwers  that  I  ihought  were  applicable  to  them, 
»nd  he  appeared  to  be  very  much  plcafcd,  and  told 
me,  do  but  livf  up  to  your  ot^  n  laws  and  we  re- 
quire no  jaiore  of  vo'j.  Here  he  nadc  a  lifl« 
rcifc  with  his  flaff*,  at ',v!iich  two  of  hi-?  atten- 
dants came  in  :  f !e  aflccd  them  if  my  cfTc^ls  wrrt 
toane  from  the  Pir;<tc  ?  Being  anfwcrcd  they 
>^'erc  ;  he  ordered  thrm  to  be  brouj^ht  in,'  and 
examined  thvm  very  nicely.  There  vt<^%  amonj 
them  fome  pitSlurcs  of  my  own  drawing,  a  re- 
peating watch,  two  compafs  boxrs,  one  of  thrm 
very  curioully  wrought  in  Ivory  and  gold,  which 
)tad  br  n  my  great  grand  father's  given  him  by 
Verier io  ;  a  fctt  of  mathtmutiral  inftrumcntp, 
dr:^uf',hrs  of  flatuary'and  architecture,  by  the  btfl 
mailers,  wiih  all  which  he  (cem^':d  extremely 
plcafed.  After  he  had  examined  them  with  a 
^rcil  dial  of  adruifalioD;  hf  ordered  one   of  liig 

aLtcr.dauift 


attcndan;-:  to  reach  him  a  cabinet  full  of  gold  ;  h« 
opened  it  to  mc  and  faid,  young  man,  I  not  cm\y 
reftore  all  your  effcds  here  prcfcnt,  having  no 
right  to  any  thing  that  belongs  to  another  man, 
but  once  more  offer  you  your  liberty,  and  ai 
inuch  of  this  gold,  as  you  think  fiifTicient  to 
carry  you  home,  and  make  you  lire  eafy  all  youf 
life.  I  was  a  little  out  of  countenance,  think- 
ing  what  I  faid,  in  my  anfw^rs  ie  hitn  with  rcf- 
pe<5l  to  the  Chrhtian  Inws.  in  which  I  mentioned 
the  ill  morals  of  the  ChriiliaDS,  had  made  hina 
afraiil  to  tskc  mc  along  with  h:m.  I  told  him, 
1  valued  noticing  now  fo  much  as  his  companyjand 
begged  him  not  only  to  let  xnego  along  with  him^ 
but  that  he  would  ba  plcafcd  to  accept  whatever 
he  faw  of  mine  there  before  him  :'  Ido  accept  of 
it,  fays  he,  and  take  you  rolcmnly  into  riiy  care  i 
^o  along  with  thofe  voung  mcnf  and  crljoy  youf 
liberty  in  cffed,  which  I  have  hitherto  only  given 
you  in  words.  Here  fome  of  his  elder  compani- 
rns  came  in,  as  if  they  were  to'  confult  abcuf 
bufincfs;  the  young  men  an.:i  myfcif,  went  im 
wslk  the  town  for  our  divcruuii. 

WniLTt  wc  C(^ntinu*d  at  G.'anH  Ciiro  ;  t  rR- 
joycd  the  fame  liberty  that  I  could  have  h;id,  it  I 
had  been  in  Italy:  Ail  I  remarked  in  my  com- 
panions was  an  nneafmefs  they  exprelTed  te  be  fo 
long  out  of  their  own  country  ;  bvit  they  com- 
forted tliemfcl vts  wiih  the  thought  it   would   not 

be  long. 1   cannot    omit  one   obferya'don    I 

made  of  thcf--  young  men 's  csT)du6\  while  we  iTaii 
in  Egypt.  They  were  all  about  my  owa  aje, 
ftrong  and  vigorous,  and  the  hand  fome  (t  race  of 
people,  perhaps,  the  world  ever  produced.  We 
Ware  iit  tbc  mo&  vtluptuduj  and  kvyd   towa   in 


li  Life  i/  AJvi^furf,  */ 

the  whoh  Kallcrn    Empire;   ihc   yoiin5  women 
fcctncJ  ready  to  devour  us  as  vrc  went    alon^r    the 
ftrectf.     Yet  I  never  faw  the  Icafl   indinatron  to 
any  thing  of"  that  nature.      J  impufed  it  at  firfl  to 
1  ne  apprchcnfioaof  mv  bein^  ii\  their    company, 
m^U  flrangcr  ;   but  I  foon  loiind  they    adej    by 
principle.      A%  young  Bicn  arc  apt  to  encourage, 
or  rather  to  corrupt  one  another,    1  o\rn  I    could 
TiOi  forb.-ar  exprelJing  my    wonder  at  it.       They 
rccmcd  furprizedat   the' thought  ;  hut    the  rea- 
funs  thcv  i;^vc  were  as  much  out  ot  our  common 
Way  of  thinicing,  as  their  behaviour.     They  told 
me  for  the  furt  reafon,   that  all  tiic    women   they 
faw  weis    either  married,    or    particular  mcn'i 
daughters,  or  common.      For  married    women, 
they  faid,  it  vCas  fuch  a   heinous  piece  of  injuf- 
f Ice  to  violate  the   marriage-bed  that   every  man 
living  would  look  upon  it  as   tlic  greatefl  injury 
done  to  I.iuifclf :   How   could  they   tlierefore    in 
reafon  do  it  to  another  ?    It  ihcy    were  daughter* 
of  particular  men,  bred   up    with   ^o   much  care 
and  follicitudc  of  their  parent!,   what   a    terrible 
afliidion  mu(l  it  be  to  them,  or  to    ourfclvcs,  to 
fre  our  daughters  or  lifters  violated  and  corrupted, 
after  all  our  care  to  the  contrarv  ;  and    this   too, 
pcrliap5,   by  thofe  we  l.ad  chcriihcd  in  our   own 
bofoms  ?   Ifconimon   fhumpc.s,    what   rational 
aian  could  look   on  them  otficrwifc    than   brufe 
beafts,  t«*  abandon  ihemfclves   to  every    ftranger 
iov  liirc  ?   As  for  the  fatal  e ffeii s  of  their    impure 
cmbracct,  no  peifon  was  ignorant  of.     Thtfc  re- 
ficdtions    appeared     fo  extraordinary    in    young 
n:cn,  and  even  Heathens,  that  I  acvcr  f}j;iJl  for- 
get them. 

X  f«v.s^»  l«actl««  aftci  cur  late  coBTcrfiitioji, 


iigmr  CrAVx>t^r'io  t>i  Lucca.  if 

%y  their  diligence  in  fettling  their  affairs,  an^  the 
cbcarfulncfs  of  their  ccunrenance,  that  they  had 
thoughts  of  departing  from  Egypt  ;  they  fcemcd 
to  wait  [or  nothing  but  orders  frotn  their    gover- 
nor.—  In  the  mean  tinic  there  happened  an  acci- 
dent tome,  which  I  now     relate,     th.inking   it 
may  he  gratifying  to  niy  readers.     Befidcs,    that 
it  is  interwoven  with  fome  of  the  chief  occuren- 
ces of  my  life  in  the  latter  part  of  it.    Our  Goy- 
crnor  whom  they  called  Pophar,  which  fignifici 
father  of  his  people,  aad  in  which  nart^c,  I  (hall 
always  call  him  h.creaftcr,  looking  at    hi^   Ephc- 
mcris,  which  he  did  very    frequently?  found    by 
computation,  that  he  had  fomc  time  Ifft  to    {lay. 
jn  the  country,  and  rcfolved  to  go  down  to  Alex- 
andria, to  fee  if  he  could  meet    with    any    more 
puropcan^'curiofuics,  which  arc  brought  by  mer- 
chants (hips  coming  in  perpetually  at  that  fcafon 
into'thc  port.     He  took  only  two  of  the   young 
nnen  and  mc  with  him,   to  (hew  m^,  as    he   faid, 
that  I  was  entirely  at  my  liberty,  fincc  I    might 
eafily  find  fome  Oiip  or  other    to   carry    me    into 
my  own  country  :  On  the  other   hand,  to   con- 
vince him  of  the  f.nccrity  of  my    intentions,     I 
generally  kept  in  his  company.     WhiJc  we  were 
walking  in  the  public  places  to  view  the  fcveral 
goods  and   curiofities,  that    were   brought  fron:i 
different  parts  of  the  world,  j.t  happened  that  the 
Balfa  of  Grand  Cairo,   withal!  hie  family,    wai 
come  to  Alcxiindria  on  tl^c  fame  account,  as  wc]\ 
as  to  buy  fomc  young   female  (laves.     Kis  \v\ft 
and  davightcr  were  then   both  along   with  him: 
The  witc  was  one  of  the  (5rand  Signor's  fifUrs, 
fecmingly  about  thirty,     and  a    wonderful  fine 
woman.     The  daughter  was   about  (ixtcen,    of 
fuch  cxcj^uifiic  beauty  and  lovely  features,  as  wtrc 

futEcicnj 


M  Ls/t  t:f  A ^v en) urn  of 

fifljclcnt  to   charm  the  grcatrfl  Pii»cc   in  \\it 
Worl(J*. 

\Vhen  wcpfrccivcd  them  the  Pophar,  who 
■aturally  abhorred  the  Turks,  kept  off,  as  if  ho 
t/erc  treating  piivsitrly  witJi  fome  irerchants. 
But,  Ib'*«ng  )■'>'•' g  and  iaconficleraic  Hoed  look- 
ing, tho*  at  a  rcfpedfu!  difUnce,  at  the  BafTa*! 
braiiiifiil  diJ^hter,  from  no  other  motive  but 
fncrc  curiofiTy,  She  had  her  eyes  fixed  on  my 
companions  anfli  m^fclf  at  the  famt  time,  and,  as 
I  fuppofrd,  on  the  fainr  account.  If  I  could 
have  lorefccn  ihc  tioublrg  that  (hort  interview 
l>i as  going  to  coft  both  the  Prphar  and  myfclf, 
I  Ihould  have  chofe  to  have  looked  on  the  mofl 
hideous  monftcr.  I  obfcrved  tl^at  the  young 
lady,  vrlih  a  pailiculer  fort  of  emotion,  whifpcr^ 
cd  fomcthing  to  an  elderly  v;oman  that  attended 
Kcr,  rndlliedid  the  faine  (o  a  page,  ^ho  imme- 
diately went  to  CTTo  natives  of  the  place,  whom 
the  fof '..ar  ufed  to  hire  to  c:irry  his  things  ; 
*l"his  HM.s  to  enquire  of  :hcm  who  \re  were. 
They,  as  appeared  by  the  evtnt,  tuld  ihem,  I 
was  a  youn^  (lavc  lately  bouglit  by  the  Pophar. 
After  a  vrhilc,  the  Balla,  vith  his  train  went 
nway,  ami  f  .t  my  own  part  I  thought  no  more 
©f  the  mailer.  The  next  day,  as  the  Pcpkar  and 
rrc  were  walking  in'Khe  of  the  public  gardens  ; 
i  iiulc  elder!/  man  like  »n  eunuch   with   a  moft 

brautii'i;| 


•  The  B«fii^  «i  Grand  Cario  U  ufit  id  the  pr'at- 
«ft  p<  ft%  in  ih«  Virk.fr  lf.ir»pirc.  ar.d  the  nxR  in- 
rftpcnd^nt  ofa^iy  (uUjrA  ii»  ^wVry  ;  iiiscuilom- 
%ry  lor  the  Solium  to  g^i»e  tbc-ir  dhu^httif  in  mur- 
riage  to  fiich  fCrfuMf  ;  vi'Uoarc  tftrn  dfi'ked  by 
Ike  hifb^nds  fc«  »c«ou»»t  fcf  ikeir    iw^erwuj    Lci 


beautiful  youth  with  hir!,  having  foI!o\vcd  us  to 
$1  private  psi  t  of  the  walks,  came  up  to  us,  and 
acldrefring  themfelvcs  to  the  Pophar,  alked  h'ltn, 
what  he  would  take  for  his  young  ilavc,  poiriting 
at  me  ;  becaufe  the  B^iTa  dcfired  to  buy  him* 
The  Pophar  fecmcd  to  be  more  furprized  at  this 
uncxpt(ftcd  qucltion,  than  I  ever  obiervcd  him 
at  any  thing  before,  which  confirmed  nnc  more 
md  more  in  the  opinion  of  the  kiiiJaefs  'he  had 
for  me. 

A  FT  I R  the  P«phar  had  recovered  frora  h»s 
furprize,  he  t#Id  them  Veryfedately  that  I  was  no 
fl^ye  ;  nor  a  perfcn  to  be  fold  for  any  price, 
fincc  I  was  as  free  as  he  was.  They  taking  this 
fol*  a  pretext  to  enhance  the  price,  produce-ii 
foin.c  oriental  pearl?/  with  other  jewels  ef  im- 
mcnfc  value,  and  bid  him  nanae  what  he  would 
have,  and  it  fhould  be  paid  inuncdiately  :  Ad- 
ding, I  was  to  be  the  companion  cf  the  Biifa's 
fon,  where  I  might  make  my  fortune  forever, 
if  I  would  go  along  witii  them.  The  Pophar 
per  filled  in  the  fa;ue  anfwcr,  and  faid  he  had  no 
power  over  me  :  They  infiftcdl  had  beenbaught 
23  a  flave,  but  feme  time  ago,  in  tha^GranJ  Sig- 
ner's dominions, *'^ind  they  would  hnrc  me.  Hrrs 
I  interpofed  and  anfwcred  biifkly,  that  tho*  I  had 
been  taken  prifoner  by  the  chance  of  war,  I  xfas 
no  Have,  nor  would  I  part  wi^h  my  libt-rty  but  at 
the  price  of  my  life.  The  Biffa's  fon,  for  fo  he 
now  declared  himfelf  to  be,  inftcad  of  being 
angry  at  my  rcfolute  anfwcr,  replied  with  a  molt 
agreeable  fuiile,  that  1  fhould  be  as  free  as  hs 
Y.'i$y  making  the  mofl   folemn  proteftations  by 

is  mod  holy  Alcoran,  that  our  lives  and   deaths 
kjould  be  infeparablc.     Tho'  thcr«  was   fomt- 

D  thiiig 


tiling  in  liis  wor't  the  moil  pcrfut^vc  I  tvct 
fclf  within  myfclt";  yet  ccnfidcring  the  obii- 
£aiionfI  Kadro  the  Pophar,  I  was  rcfolvcd  not 
to  go,  but  anfwcrrd  with  a  moft  rcfpeahil  h'j\r, 
that  tho*  I  was  free  by  nature,  I  had  indirpcufi- 
llc  obligjrioxis  not  to  go  with  iiim,  and  hoped  lit 
wouldtakc  it  for  adeicrmlnat*  anfwer.  J  pro. 
rounccd  thii  vNJth  fueh  a  rcfolutc  air,  s$  B^a<!a 
kiiT)  ftc  there  wai  no  hopes. 

Whithei  hij  defire  wjt  more  cnflamed  by 
•ly  dc-nial,  or  wheihcr  they  took  ui  for  prrloni 
of  jjrckier  note  than  we  appeared  to  be,  I  can- 
not tell  ;  but  I  obferrcJ  he  put  on  a  Y«ry  langui- 
fiiing  air,  uith  tcirs  (Scaling  down  his  checks, 
which  moved  mc  to  a  degree  I  cannot  exprcft. 
1  could  icarcc  fpcak,  but  caft  dovrn  my  eye?, 
and  rtood  as  iajmovcable  at  a  fhtute.  Thif 
fccmcd  to  revive  his  hopes  ;  he  recovered  him- 
fclf  a  little,  and  with  a  trembling  voice,  replied, 
fuppofc  ii  be  the  Bairn's  daughter  yoy  faw  yef- 
terday,  that  deijrcs  t»  have  you  for  her  attendant, 
wlial  lio  y«u  C^y  ?  I  lUrted  at  tins,  and  caClin^^ 
my  f  yes  on  him  more  attentively,  I  perceived 
Lis  fTvinri:-k3!no[intear?,  wi*Ji  atendernefs,  enough 
to  pierce  the  hardrfl  heart.  I  looked  at  the  Po- 
ph;ir,  vrho  I  Caw  was  tremblinjir  for  me  j  and 
icarcd  it  was  t!)c  dai:^htcr  hcrrdfthat  afked  ms 
tjie  qweftion.  1  w^jf  toon  put  out  of  doubt,  for 
Lie  finding  CncJjJf^oQc  too  {^^r  to  go  back,  dif- 
coverc-d  hcrcfcirTand  faid  I  muft  go  along  whk 
kcr,  or  one  of  us  mull  die. 

CoKsiDE*  mv  readers  the  perplrxtJy  I  was 
&»,  (he  being  a  Turk  and  la  Chiiflian  :  That 
P»X  death  mult  ccrtaifllykc    ibc  c»nfc<5ucnce   of 

foch 


Stgnor  ^AUDEN'no  ©i  LuecA,  ^3 

lijch  a  rafh  affair,  were  I  to  engage  in  it.  Thai 
■vvheiher  fhc  concealed  me  in  her  fnhcr's  coi'if, 
or  attempted  to  go  off  with  mr,  it  was  ten  thou- 
fand  to  one,  we  fhonld  both  be  facrificed  :  Neith- 
er could  the  violence  of  fnch  a  fuddcn  paHion 
ever  be  concealed  from  the  BalTa's  fpies.  In  a 
Word,  1  was  refolved  not  to  go  ;  but  how  to  grt 
cfF  was  the  difficulty.  ir<iw,themoft  beautiful 
creature  in  the  v/orld  aiU  in  tcari  before  m.?, 
after  a  declara:ion  of  love,  thut  exceeded  the 
mofl  romantic  tales  ;  youth,  love  and  beauty, 
and  even  an  irxlinajion  on  my  fide  pleaded  her 
caufe.  But  at  length  the  Confideration  of  ih« 
endlcfs  niiferics  I  was  likely  to  draw  on  the 
young  lady,  Ihould  I  comply  with  what  (he  dc~ 
fired,  prevailed  above  all  others.  I  was  refol- 
Vedtorcfufc,  for  her  fake  more  tli?n  my  own, 
and  was jull  going  tc  tell  her  fo  on  my  knec5, 
when  an  attendant  csme  running  in  haftc  to  tl  c 
other  pcrfon,  aad  told  h^r  the  BalTa  was  comiflg 
that  v/ay.  She  was  roufed  out  of  her  lethargy  st 
this,  and  her  attendant  immedi*tcly  fnatched 
her  away,  as  ihc  Pophar  did  me  :  She  jufl  cried 
out  with  a  tlvre[it,  'hirik  better  en  It,  or  die  ;  fa 
we  were  inamcdlatcly  out  of  fight  af  one  anoth- 
After leaving;  her,  I  found  a  thouTand  rea- 
/;;ni  for  what  I  did,  more  tlian  I  coulJ  think  o( 
before,  and  rejoiced  that  I  had' not  accepted  her 
propofdl.  While  I  was  taken  up  in  thinkin -j 
of  our  laic  adventure,  the  good  Pophar  told  ni  •, 
this  unfortunate  afFiir  Would  not  end  To,  hue 
that  it  might  cod  us  both  our  live?,  aad  fcm*- 
thingelfc  that  ^as  more  dear  to  bim  :  Addin;; 
!^at  Y'c  CQuft  make   icitncdiitc!/  o J  •,  that  h./v- 


1^  L  -ft  i^  AJvinturtJ  ef 

jn^  rorrar.y  fpirs  upon  ii5»  policy  2s  well  as  tt- 
J)edition  mutl  be  yfcJ.  So  be  went  dirt-6\Iy  to 
the  port,  ajtd  in  the  hearing  cf  all,  publicly  hir- 
ed a  lliip  10  go  for  Cyprus,  and  laid  ihey  n.uft 
necciraiily  go  off  that  evening.  We  KaJ  r^al!/ 
done  fo,  but  our  coir.paniuniand  cffc£ls  obliged 
lis  to  retain  to  Grand  Cairo  \  but  inftcad  of  going 
by  Tea,  he  called  the  msP.cr  ef  the  veflcl,  v. !  . 
Was  of  liis  acquaintance  and  for  a  good  iol;:! 
fum,  privately  agreed  with  him  to  fail  out  cf  the 
port  and  leave  u$,  while  he  hirtd  a  boat  at  th<: 
other  tnd  of  the  town  ;  and  went  that  night  di* 
rc<fl!y  for  Grand  Cairo. 

Ar.  fjrn  ai  wc  srrivcd  at  that  city,  ^vc  en- 
i^'nred  how  long  before  the  ihffa,  would  return 
there.  They  told  us  in  about  a  fortnight ;  this 
f,ave  the  Pophor  time  to  pay  off  his  houlc,  pack 
Uphi$eff.£t5,  an^  get  all  things  ready  for  liis 
great  vovaqc  ;  but  flill  with  greater  apprchen- 
Cion  in  his  loots  than  ever  I  rerrarked  in  him. 
H(jV.'ever,  he  told  us,  he  hoped  the  affair  WG^idd 
end  hap[  ily  ;  in  five  days  lime  all  thiiigj  were 
in  read inefs  liar  our  dep;  rture.  V/c  fct  out  a 
liitlc  before  fun-Lt,  as  ii  is  cuf^orhary  in  thofc 
countries,  and  marched  on  but  a  ilo\7  pace  until 
fijinc  dirtancc  from  the  city,  in  ordrr  to  avoid 
any  fufpicion  of  flight.  After  travelling  t];ufl 
kboct  i  league  up  by  the  ftdc  of  the  river  Nile, 
ilic  Pophar  leading  the  van,  ahd  the  rcf^  fullovv- 
ifjgin  a  pretty  long  firing  alter  him,  we  mtt 
five  cr  fix  men  con. ing  down  the  river-fide  on 
horfebaclr,  who  by  their  fiae  lurbins  and  habits> 
Huv.'edthcy  wefcpaeeS,  or  altcndahts  cf  fomd 
j^rcat  pcrfoii.  The  Pophar  turned  off  'fr<:rm  th6 
Jftv-.fr,  L5  :!  it  \v:t-e   to  give   ♦':'■••.    ^"  y  i     Tf.ey 


i'/'^wflr  Gaudintio  Di  Lucca.         25 

pafTed  on  very  civilly  without  taking  any  further 
jioiicc.  I  was  the  hiridinoft  but  one  of  our  train^ 
having  ftaid  t«  give  our  dromedaries  fome  water. 
Soon  after  thcfc  came  tv/o  ladies  riding  on  little 
Arabian  Jennets,  w  ith  prodigious  rich  furniture, 
by  which  I  gueifcd  them"  to  be  pcrfons  of  qualit}', 
and  others  gone  before  their  a'.tendants.  They 
were  not  quite  over  againft  where  I  was,  when 
the  younger  of  the  two  ladies  Jennet  began  to 
fuortaRd  itart  at  o\ir  dromedaries,  and  became 
fo  unruly,  that  I  apprehended  the  lady  could 
fcarce  fit  on  him.  At  that  inftant,  one  of  the 
led  dromedaries  coming  pretty  near,  that,  and 
the  ruflling  of  its  loading,  fo  frighted  the  Jennet, 
that  he  gave  a  bound  all  on  a  fudden,  and  being 
on  the  infide  of  us  towards  the  edge  of  the  bank, 
where  not  being  able  to  flop  his  career,  he  ficvr 
diredlly  off  tlie  precipice  into  the  river,  with  the 
lady  on  hini  ;  but  the  violence  of  the  leap,  threw 
her  off  two  or  three  yards  into  the  water. 

It  happened  very  luckily  that  there  was  a  lit- 
tle iiland  juft  by  where  (he  fell,  and  her  cloaths 
keeping  her  up  for  fome  minutes,  the  dream 
carried  her  againft  fv-)mc  fl^ircs  that  ftood  jud: 
above  the  water,  that  catched  iicr  cloaths,  and 
h;:!d  her  there.  Tke  fnrieks  of  the  other  lady 
brought  the  nighcfl  attendants  up  to  us  ;  but 
tlu^fe  fearful  wretch-'s  durft  not  venture  into  the 
river  to  her  aflii'hmce.  I  jumprd  off  my  drom.e- 
r^^'.y  Willi  indignation,  and  throwing  off  my  loofe 
garment  and  fijndals,  fvvam  to  her,  2nd  with 
muchdifficuliy  getting  hold  of  her  hand,  and 
l)oiing  her  garments  from  the  ftukcs,  I  n-.adc  a 
■:'■>' '\  to  draw  l)tr  ncrofs  the  Orciir.,  lil!  I  brought 
;.cr  10  land.     She  was  quite    Liiklcfs    for   fi;me 

K  lime 


2^  Lift  is  Aavinikitei  tf 

lime  ;  I  held  Jown  iier  hod,  which  I  hid  not 
^cllorV^^la^  to  make  hrr  tJiTgorgc  ihc  wjtrf 
(he  I'.ad  fwi! lowed  ;  but  ]  was  fjon  flruck  t^i'h 
a  double  furprize,  when  I  h)okcd  at  her  face, 
10  lind  it  was  llic  BaHa's  dnughtcr,  and  to  Ut 
her  in  thatplac-,  --••  -••  1  thoui^ht  I  lj;id  left  at. 
Alcxar.diia. 


Aft£R  fon-.e  time,   f}.rc2r-;e  to   hciTcIf,    md 

^•okinj  fteadily  on  MX  a  go^d   nhile,   her   fcnfet 

not  bcinn;  entire!)' recoveud  :   At   laft    fhe    cried 

cut,  O  Mahomet,   n?i.fl  I  o^ve    rr.y    life    to  tl.ix 

man!   ar.d  fainted  ar^  ay-     The  other   laJy   ^ho 

rai  her  coiifideiit.  viiii    a  great    deal  of   puir$ 

brrugUt  her  to  herfcH  again  ;   yv'c  raifcd  her   up, 

;\nd  crde*vourcd  !•  comfort   her  as   well    2S  v»c 

<  ould  :  Hor.:)slhc,    throw    nc  ir.^o   il^c   river 

*  iicc  ir.ore  ;  let  nic  not  be  obli^^ed  to  a  Bajhari- 

:tn  f«r  Yfl.cm  I  have  clone  too  much    already.      I 

old  h:-r    iu    tic   mofi    refpc6^ful   terms   I    tcnid 

'.hink  of,  tl<ai  Providence  had  ordered  i:  fo,  that 

!  might  make  iomc  rcc on.pciicc  for  the  undcfer- 

vcd  obli^avioas  flic  hvd  Lid  on  m.c  ;   that    1    had 

00  [;rcat  Visiuc  f«>r  her  ir.crir,  ever  to    make    her 
-.ifirablc,  Kv   lc\ing  a  (lave   fuch  rs  I    was,  a 

•Iranper,  a  Cliiftian,  and  who  had    indirpci^Tiblf 
©b!i"ations  to  aO  as  I  did. 

J?HE  f.artlcd  a  little  at  fvhat  1  faid  ;  but  after 
a  ftiorl  rfCcl!e<^ion  knfvvcred,  -nhcllier  yt'^u  are 
9  flavc,  an  ii;fidrl,  or  r.hatever  you  pUafe,  yru 
are  one  of  tlie  mill  generous  men  ia   the  vrorlJ. 

1  fiippofc  )cur  oblijjatior.s  src  on  account  of 
fomc  m-ore  happy  >\  oman  tlian  niyfclf  ;  but 
f;uce  1  ov.'c  my  lit"«  to  you,  1  am  rcfolved  i^ot 
t"  a.kke  ycu  vuhappy,  any  n.on  tlun  )tudgmc. 

4 


Signer  G  A  U  D  E  N  T 1 0  D I  Lu  C  €  A .  ^ 

I  not  only  parJon  you,  b'lt  am  coiiviice'j  my 
prctcniiDiiS  arc  both  unjufi,  and  agiir.ft  my  owii 
honour.  She  fuid  this  wiih  an  air  3;:coming  her 
(juality  :  She  was  much  more  at  eaff,  when  I 
alFured  her  I  was  engaged  to  no  vronnxn  in  tl]^ 
world  ;  but  that  her  memory  (i)ould  b^  ever 
dear  lu  me,  ^rd  imprinted  tn  my  heart  till  my 
laft  breath.  Here  ten  or  a  do'zrn  armed  Turk* 
came  upon  us  full  fpe?d  Ir^in  the  towi^,  ani 
feeing    the   Popbar  and    his  ccmpai;'  .ey 

cried  out  [lop  villains,  we  arrefl  ysu  iniken-imo 
of  tliC  BafT'a.  At  this  we  flirted  up  to  fee  \ivhi;t 
Wi»s  the  matter,  when  the  laily  who  kn-cw  thrm, 
bid  me  not  be  afraid  ;  th*t  thcfe  were  men  Ih? 
had  ordered  topurfue  me,  wh*n  ("he  left  Alexan- 
dria. That  hearing  wc  were  tied  OiThy  fja,  Ins 
pYetendcd  fidoicfs,  and  afkcd  leave  cf  [\^v  f?.thcr 
to  return  to  Cairo,  thereto  bemoan  her  niisfer- 
tune  with  ]i*r  confident  ;  aad  was  in  thofe  ine- 
I'ancholy  fcrttimcnts,  when  the  late  accident  hap- 
pened to  her.  That  (he  fappofed  thefc  men  had 
^ifcovercd  the  trick  we  had  played  tinem  in  not 
going  by  fea,  and  on  better  informatioa  had  pur- 
fucd  us  this  wty.  So  ihc  difmiired  them  imme- 
diately. 

I  WAS  all  this  while  in  one  of  th«grcatefl:  ag©- 
Dies  that  can  be  exprcifed,   both  (or    fear  of  m  .• 
own  rtfojutions  arid  htr  :   So  I  begged  her  to    re 
tire,   left  her   v.ei    cloaths    (hould  endanger  h' 
hcaltli.      I  (hould  not    have    been   able    tJ   prr 
rounce  thefe  words,   ifthcPophar  had  not   ca 
si  look  at  me,   which  pierced  me  thro',  and  ma: 
me  f;;e  the  danger  I  v/as  in  by  my  delay.        He 
rtr:>lu*ions  now  fecdied  to  be  {Irongcr  than  luiii'. 
S lie  pulled  olT  '  vhiuh  I  now  wear  o 


2^  Vfe  (J  Jn\e*it:ire:  §f 

ray  finger,  and  jufl  faid,  v  it!i  tears  trickling 
«iown  her  beauiiiul  checks  :  tiikc  this,  and  adieu] 
She  then  pulled  her  cgmpanion  awj y^  and  never 
looked  ai  ir.c  more. 

I  STOOD  amazed,  almofl  without  life  or 
nictioR  in  me,  ai.d  cannot  tell  h«w  long  I  nriight 
have  continued  f),  if  ihc  Pophar  had  not  come 
and  congratulated  me  for  n\y  deliverance.  I 
told  him,  I  did  not  know  what  he  meant  bjr  de- 
liverance, aiid  ih.at  I  >ras  afraid  he  would  re- 
pent his  buying  of  me,  if  I  procured  him  any 
inore  of  thcfe  adventures  ?  If  vre  meet  with  no 
worfc  than  thcfc,  fays  he,  I  fha'l  rejoice;  no 
liclorycanbe  gained  without  fume  lofs.  He 
tlicn  cOiT.niaiidcd  ui  to  make  the  b«f\  cf  our 
■nav. 

Altko'  ilic  Pophar  was  uneafy  to  be  cut  ^t 
the  reach  of  the  fair  lady  and  her  faitldcfi  Turks, 
yet  he  was  not  in  an?  great  haftc  in  the  main, 
the  prefect  time  for  liis  great  voyage  not  being 
vei  con.e.  1  licrc  appeared  a  gaiety  in  his  coun- 
tenance, that  fecmed  to  pron/ifc  us  a  profperoui 
journey.  For  my  own  part,  tho'  I  was  glad  I 
had  efjaped  my  dangerous  cnchantrcfs,  there  was 
a  heavincG  lay  on  rny  fpiiiis,  whicli  I  could  giv« 
roaccouLt  of  ;  but  the  thoughts  cf  fuch  an  un- 
known voyage,  and  variety  cf  places,  difiifated 
it  by  w'c£;c<,s. 

Wk  were  eleven  In  number,  five  elderly  men, 
md  five  young  <.)\\Lif  myfcitbcinga  fiipcr-numc- 
rary  pcrf^n  :  Wc  were  all  mounted  upon  drom- 
edaries, whirhlivea  long  time  without  drink* 
ing,  and  4re  jiad;  ufc  of  to   travel  ercr  barren 

fund* 


Si^rtor  Gauvihtio  di  Lucca.  if 

fands  upon  that  account.  V/c  had  five  fpar« 
ones  to  carry  provifions,  or  to  change  in  cale  any 
one  of  the  other  (hould  tire  on  our  journey. 
We  went  up  the  Nile,  leaving  it  on  owr  left  hand 
all  the  way,  fleering  our  courfe  dirc£lly  for  the 
upper  Egypt.  The  river  Nile  divides  Egypt  in 
two  pani  length-ways  ;  defcending  from  Abyf- 
finia  with  fiicli  an  immenfe  coui fc,  that  the  Ethi- 
opians faid  it  had  no  he*d,  and  running  thro'  the 
hither  Ethiopia,  pours  down  upon  Egypt  as  the 
Phine  does  thro'  the  Spaniih  Netherlands,  mak- 
ing it  one  of  the  richcft  countries  in  the  unir-^ 
;ycrfc. 

We  tifited  all  the  towns  on  that  famous  river 
upwards,  under  pretence  of  merchandizing  ; 
but  the  true  rcafon  of  our  delay  wa5,  becaufc  the 
Pophar's  critical  time  for  his  great  voyage  was 
(.not  yet  come.  Me  looked  at  his  Ephemeris  and 
notes  almofl  every  hour,  the  rt (l  of  them  attend- 
ing his  nod  in  the  mo't  minute  circumfl:ances. 
As  we  approached  the  upper  parts  of  Egypt,  as 
nigh  as  I  could  gucfs,  over  againlt  the  dcfaris  of 
Barca,  they  began  to  buy  provifions  proper  for 
their  purpofc  ;  but  particularly  rice,  drycd 
fruit?,  and  a  fort  of  drved  paile  thatferved  us  for 
brciid.  They  did  not  buy  their  provifions  at  one 
place,  to  avoid  fufpicion.. 

r* 

Vv^HEN  we  came  overagairfl  the  middle  coafl 
of  the  vafl  dcfart  of  n.arca,  w«^  met  with  a  delicate; 
vclfrar  rivilur,  breaking  out  of  a  rifing  part  of  th« 
ids,  and  making  towards  the  Nile.  Hx:re  v/e 
alighted,  drank  ourrelv(s,  and  gave  our  drome- 
daries to  drink  as  much  as  they  would:  Tiicn 
W«  £ll?d  all  our  vcfllls;  ini.dc  on  purpole  for  car- 

riajje, 


■y^  ti/t  (y  JgvenJurit  tf 

riigf,   ar.Jtook  in  a  rr.ucA  greater   propcftion  ©f 

Nvaicrthan   vrt   hid    done   proylfio.is. 1    had 

foiljotto  mention,  th»t  at    Icvcra!   pUcci  a»  we 
pafTcd,    they  Jifmounted   and  kiiFcd   the  jround 
wi;ha  vcrv  fupcrrtiiions  dcvoiion,  and    fcrapcd 
Tonic  of  the  dnft,     which    they   put  i«lo   poldeil 
urns   whichlhevhad  brought    on  pnrpole,   Jet- 
tin^  me  do  wlat'  I  i)lcarcd  all  the  n\i\\c.       1  h»J 
forTofJcYotionlgucircdthcn,  but    found   to   be 
true  afterwards,  ^ras  the  chief  occafion   of  thnr 
comingintoihoCe  p^rts  ;  tho*    carried  on  under 
thcprclcnccof  nncrchandizing.       They    did   the 
fame  in  thii  olace  ;  and   when    all    ^tcrc    ready, 
ihe  Pophar    lookin.^  on   his   papers  and   needle, 
rrYcd^-j://^^<'«/'«,  which  I    was    intornieil,    wai 
as'nvvich  ai  to  fav,  Now  children  for  uur    lives, 
and  immediately  as  he  had  ilcered  South  all  ak  i  - 
before,  he  turned    ihort    on  his   right    hand    taic 
Wtfl,  crofsthevalUlcfsrt  of  Barca,    as  tuft    as 
his  dromedary  could  well  go  ;  nothing  but    fanos 
anJ  f^v  appeared  before  us,   and    in  a  icw  hour5 
were  al'.nolt  out  of  danger  of  any  one's    aitcmpt^ 

\r\^  to  fullow    U8. 

Being  thti?;  embarked,  if  1  may  fuy  f^sonthis 
vaft  ocean  oi  rand,a  thoufand  prrplexin-  \|»""Sf^'* 
came  into  my  mind,  which  I  did  not    rtjka    o| 
bcfor-.      Crhold  me  in  the  midil  of  the   inhofpr^ 
'    '•'  •  (1-faits  of  ArrK«,  where  whole  armies*  had 

oticn 


•  Antix-iu  hiftoritiftivcsus  fcvcral  i!ift;m(rs  c. 
«rieai  numbtrof  peifous,  ftud  e^en  uh.lciif- 
w-ei.  ^^\^n  hate  beru  Icrt  in  the  fuKU  .;(  Atnd 
ncr>do!u«in  Thalia,  fjys,  vhal  Civ.nhj  Irs  tlv-  14 
of  CvruitUcRrejii,  in  his  expeduiun  :.n4»i.!t  il 
iia.i.»pfans,  was  brought  to  fuch  (IrUfthls  in  ih^ 
vaadcrar.»;  thiu  vvac  fcrccc'  lo  eal   ctcrj'   l«U 


•  ftcn  perilled.     The   further   wc  advanced   the 
more  our  danger  cncrcafcd.     I  was   Tviih    men, 
vho  were  entire  Grangers  to  mc.     Who    I   waf 
pcrfuaded    were    Heathens  and  Idolaters  :     For 
bcfide  their  fuperftitious  killing  the  c'rth  in   fcv- 
cral  places,   I  obfcrvcd  they    looked  up    towards 
the  fun,   and  (ecmed  to   acidrcfs    their   orifons  to 
that  Planet.      I  thought  it    was   polTibie,   that    I 
"was    dcHir.cd    for  a  hurr-an  facrifice,    to   fome 
Heathen   God  in  the  midft  of    that    vaft    dcfart. 
But  not  feeing  any  arnr^s  they  had,    cither   offcn- 
five    or   defenfive,    except   their  ihort    goads   to 
prick  on  their  dromed;*.rics,   1  was  a  little   eafy    : 
•I  had  provided  myfclf  privately,  with  two  pocket 
piftols,  and  was  rcfolvcd  to  defend  m}fcU  to  the 
lad  gafp.      As  for  tie  difficulty  of  palSn«;  the  de- 
farts,   I  retletlcd  that  ihtir    own    lives   were   as 
niuch  in  danger  as  mine  ;    that  they    mull   have 
fi&me  unknown  ways  of  paHing  theni  over,    oth- 
crwlfc  they  would  never   expofe  thcmfelves  t# 
fuch  evident  danger- 

I  SHOULD  hare  mentioned,  that  we  fjt  out  a 
little  before  fua-fct  to  avoid  tlje  heats,  June  the 
9th,  iChS,  the  moon  wr$  abcut  the  firft  quarter, 
and  carried  on  the  lii^ht  till  nigh  dawn  ot  day  ; 
the  glitterinf^  of  the  fand  or  rather  j-cbb'y  gravel, 
in  which  there  were  abuudance  of  Ihining  Itones 
like  jewels  orchryfUal,  incrcafedthe  light,  that 
we  could  fee  10  Itcer  our  cciirfc  by  the  necdla 
ycry   well.     We   traveled   at    a    vaft    rate,    the 

dron:evlavie$ 

piaij  before  {hry  coiiltl  get  V-ack  a^nin.  Tbc  ether 
army  which  he  fent  to  dtflro\'tl:e  teo-plcoi  Ja^^i- 
ter  l{3iR.iut)  wo*  €u;h2;T  t^-^rv^Uelnre J  and  ioft  j^ 
i^tfan^^  '      iH€ro<l4>t.  Thalia. J 


3%  Lijt  tJ  Ailveuiuret  •} 

dronnf  Jaricipace  was  nearly  running  :  I  verrily 
bclicvr,  from  fix  o'clock  in  thecvcnir.g  liUabout 
ten  tlic  next  day,  wc  ran  alir.oft  120  Italian 
riiilcs  :  VVc  had  ntitlicr  flop  or  let,  but  fleered 
cur  ccuifc  in  a  dirc6l  line,  like  a  fhip  under  fail. 
Tlic  Vcais  were  not  ni^h  fo  infuffcrablc  as  I  ex- 
pelled, for  the'  we  faw  nothing  wc  could  call  a 
mountain  in  tliofc  imnicnfc  bares,  yet  the  fands, 
or  at  leafl  the  way  wc  fleered  was  very  high 
j;rM!nd  :  That  i!$  foon  as  wc  were  out  of  the 
breath  of  the  inhubiable  countries,  wc  had  a 
perpetual  breeze  blowing  full  in  our  faces,  yet 
fo  uniioi'n,  that  it  fcarcc  raifcd  any  dufl  ;  part- 
ly bccaufe,  where  wr  paHcd,  the  fands  were  not 
cf  that  fmall  duHy  kiud,  as  in  feme  parts  of  hC- 
rica,  whicli  fiy  in  clouds  with  the  wind  ovcr- 
whclminjg  all  Dcferc  it,  but  of  a  more  gravcMy 
kind  4  and  paiily  from  ah  imperceptible  dew, 
which  \\\Q  not  fo  thiik  as  a  fog,  moillcutd  the 
furlacc  of  the  ground  pretty  much. 

A  :  ITTLF  after  nine  next  moining we  came 
to  fornc  clumps  of  nirubby  tree:,  wi:h  a  l:tJc 
mols  on  the  gron r.d  inflcad  of  grafs  :  Here  the 
wind  fell,  and  the  heats  became  very  vli)lcnt. 
The  Pophar  oidered  us  to  alight  and  pitch  our 
tc:  tx,  to  Hi:!  v:i  I oth  ourfcKcs  and  dromedaries 
from  the  hca's.  'J  heir  t(n;s  were  n.idc  of  t!»e 
fiaefl  fort  of  oil   clo'       1     ^  ,     podi^ioui 

light  and  pDr'ah'  cupaLic   ol  keeping  out 

br.^th  rain  and  fijn, 

IIkrr  wc  rcfreflied  ourTlv.^s  and  bcafls  till  a 
little  aficr  fix  ;  when  wc  or.cp  more  fct  out,  Etsd 
ftill  contir.ucd  fleering dirtclly  Wcfl.  We  went 
on  thus  for  t!;rcc  days  aud    nights    without   any 

ccnfidcrablc 


•/jnfidcrable  accidcnr,  only  I  ©bfcrvcd  ih^  earth 
fccmcd  to  rife  infenlibiy  higher,  and  the  breezes 
•nl/  ftronger,  but  th«  air  iiTelf  much  cooler* 

About  ten  the  third  d-Jiy  vre  favr  fomc  more 
clumps  of  trees  on  the  right  hand,  which  looked 
greener  and  thicker  than  the  former,  as  if  fonrc 
habiiabU  vale  vfas  not  far  dirtsnt,  ss  in  cfFe£l  it 
was  not.  Tiic  Pophar  ordered  us  to  turn  that 
way,  which  was  the  only  turning  out  of  our  rout 
we  had  met  yet.  By  the  cbearfHlnefs  of  their 
cruHtcnanccs,  I  cxpeacd  this  was  part  ©f  their 
country  ;  but  I  was  very  iruch  iniftakcn,  v/c 
had  a  tar  more  diilant  and  difHcult  way  to  travel, 
than  what  we  had  before  pafTisd. 

As  we  advanced,  wc  found  it  to  open  and 
defccnd  gradually  ;  till  wefavv  a  n:io(l  delightful 
vale,  full  of  palms,  dates,  and  other  fruit-trees, 
entirely  unknown  in  thofe  parts,  with  fuch  a 
brautiful  fmell  (vqm  the  orJoriferouj  flirubs,  ai 
filled  the  whole  air  with  perfumes  ;  wc  r©dc 
into  the  thickeft  of  it  as  faft  as  we  could  to  enjoy 
the  inviting  (Iiadc.  Wccaled  our  dromedaries, 
and  took  the  firfl  care  of  them  ;  for  on  thcfc  all 
our  fafetics  depended.  After  we  had  refreihed 
ourfe'v  Sj  tlie  Pophar  ordered  every  one  to  go  to 
deep  as  foon  as  he  cculd,  fincc  we  were  like  to 
have  but  little  the  three  following  days. 

As  foon  as  they  had  alighted  from  their  drom- 
edariei,  they  fell  down  flat  on  their  faces  anj 
kiifed  the  earth,  which  I  took  to  be  a  congratu- 
lation ior  their  happy  arrival  at  (j  hofpitablc  a 
place,  but  it  was  on  a  quite  different  account. 
I  v/as  the  firft  awake  after  our  rcfrcfhmcnt ;  my 

F  though  t|. 


f^  Lift  a  Aiive-!:!i:rfi  tf 

tbor.ghtf  and  fesr»  tho'  niuch  caliner  tVjan  ihcy 
KaJ  been,  wouKi  no:  fjATcr  ii.c  to  be  fo  fcriatc  as 
the  rcll.  Finding  the  hour  for  departing  wa« 
not  yet  come,  1  walked  in  tliat  dcliciouf  place, 
v/hich  vaj  (o  much  the  mere  delightful,  at  th« 
dcfAiis  we  had  palTc.i  were  c'readtul  and  horrid  : 
I  paded  on  ^cfcerdlng  towards  the  center  ol  \\\€ 
vale,  not  doubiir.^  b/ ihegreennefs  cf  the  place, 
kut  I  fhould  findfomc  water.  I  had  not  pro- 
ceeded far,  before  1  faw  a  moil  delicate  rill. 
At  that  place  the  vale  ran  upon  a  pretty  deep 
defccnt,  fo  that  i  couhl  fee  o^er  the  trees  and 
fhruis  below  me,  aln^.cfl  as  far  as  my  eyes  could 
reach;  encrc?.fjrg  ordccrcafipg  in  breadt.i  as  the 
hills  of  fane!?,  for  now  they  appeared  to  be  hil'i, 
would  give  it  leave.  Here,  1  had  tl:c  moft  beau- 
tiful profpc(St  that  the  moH  lively  imagination  can 
form  to  itfcif  ;  the  funburnt  hills  of  fand  on  cacJi 
fide,  made  the  greens  ftiil  look     more  charming. 

After  I  haddrank  my  fj^  and  fatisficd  rry- 
fclf  with  thofc  native  rariiicf^I  faw  a  large  lion 
come  out  of  ihe  thicket,  about  two  liundrcd  piCcs 
below  me,  walking  very  quietly  to  the  water  (o 
lap  :  When  he  had  dr;n'.k,  he  wiikcd  his  tail 
two  or  three  times,  and  brgan  to  tumble.  I  took 
the  opportunity  l»  ilip  away  back  to  iiiy  com- 
panions, \cry  happy  I  had  cfcaped  fo  :  They 
ri'ere  all  awiikc  when  I  came  up,  and  had  been 
concerned  lor  my  abfcnce. 

The  Pophar  feemed  more  difpleafcd  th.it  I 
liid  kit  them,  thun  ever  I  faw  him  ;  he  mildly 
chid  me  forexpofing  myfclt  to  be  devoured  by 
wild  hearts  ;  b»K  when  I  told  them  of  tlie  .water 
and  the  lion,   ib^'y  wcxc   ia  a  greater  furprizc 

look  in ij, 


«y/^«irr  Gaudentio  di  Lucca.  3^ 

locking  at  one  another  with  a  fort  of  fear  iw 
•  their  looks,  whish  I  interpreted  to  b^  for  my 
1  yiJirrow  efcnps  ;  but  it  was  on  another  accoiir^f. 
I'he  Pophar  fpokc  aloud,  in  Lingua  Franca,  1* 
his  countrymen,  and  tOid  them  ll^at  he  thought 
wc  may  let  this  man  fee  all  our  cerciiionies,  ef- 
pecinlly,  fmce  it  will  foon  be  out  of  his  power  c-f 
difcovering  them,  if  he  llvould  have  a  mind  to  dj- 
it.  At  this  they  pulled  out  of  their  {tores,  fome 
of  their  choiccil  fruits^  a  cruif^  of  rich  wine,, 
fomc  bread,  a  burning-glafs,  a  thurible*,  per- 
fumes and  other  inQruanents  commonly  ufcd  m^ 
the  heathen  facrliices'.  My  blood  r-m  cold  at 
^  is  fight  :  W hick  was  fuch  as  Lh::d  never  ob~ 
f.rvcd  in  them  before,  and  fufpecSlcd  that  I  v/as 
really  defifffted  for  a  human  facilHce,  to  forDc 
infernal  God  or  other  ;  but  when  I  compared  the 
►,'  Pophar's  late  words  wiih  what  1  faw,  1  contrived 
te  icU  my  life  as  dear  as  I  cculd. 


We  were  forced 'to  dcfccri  one  by  one.  lea^I- 
in^  o-.;r  dromedaries  in  our  hjnd?  :    i  'tojk    par- 


ula: 


*  At  iuH.u.Bjnt  10  hAJ  ijicenfe. 


jl  Lift  i:^  y«lY-,'wr.     i/ 

ticular  care  (obc  hlnfifrmofl,  kcrpiig  at  a  litt!# 
diflancc  fro  n  the  reft  tor  ttar  of  a  furprizc. 
They  marclicd  donn  in  a  mournful  kind  ot  pro-] 
ff nicn,  obfcrving  a  moft  profound  filcncc  all  tht] 
while.  At  length  we  came  inro  the  fineft  natur- 
al ampl.IiKcatrc  that  is  polLble  to  dcfcribc. 
At  the  bppcr  part  of  the  ainphiihcatre,  where 
the  break  of  the  hill  made  that  agreeable  fp!a- 
nade,  ihcre  flood  an  ancient  pyramid,  juft  after 
the  mannrr  of  ihofc  in  Egypt,  but  nothirrg  near 
fo  large  as  the  leaft  ofihem.  In  the  front  of  it 
that  faced  th.e  vale,  the  ftcps  were  cut  cut  in  the 
form  of  an  altar,  on  which  was  erc(fled  a  flatuc 
of  a  venerable  old  man,  done  to  the  life,  •f  the 
fintH  polifhcd  marble,  or  rather  fome  unknown 
flonc  ol  infii/rely  more  value.  Here,  I  had  not 
ihc  leart  djubt,  but  that  1  wajto  be  faciificed  l'> 
the  id'J  :  7  he  Pophar  feeing  me  at  a  diftance 
called  to  fTiC,  to  come  and  fee  their  ccrcmonicj. 
Ihen  I  thought  it  was  lime  to  fpcak  or  never  ; 
Father,  faid  I,  Hnce  you  give  me  Icarc  to  call  you 
fo,  1  ,i ^  willing  to  perform  all  your  commands, 
v.heie  the  honor  of  the  fuprcme  God  is  not  cal- 
led in  quefUon  ;  kut  I  am  ready  to  die  a  thoufand 
iJcaths  rathrr  than  gite  his  honor  to  another:  I 
am  a  Chriftian,  and  believe  one  only  God,  the 
fi.prcme  Being  of  all  Btiisgr,  and  Lord  of  the 
Lniveifc  ;  for  which  reafon  I  cannot  join  with 
ycu  in  your  idolatrous  wordn'p.  If  you  are  re- 
,  folvcd  :oput  me  to  death  on  that  icccunt,  I  here 
offer  my  life  freely  !  if  I  am  to  be  made  a  part  of 
vour  infernal  facriftce,  I'll  defend  nft)fclf  to.  the 
Lft  drcp  of  ray  blood,  btfcrc  I  will  fubmit  to  it. 

He  ar<f\rered    me  v/ilh   a   fmile,  rather  than 
HJtB  any  indi^naiicn,  and,  IcldxnoYhen  I  came 


'fi^pT  C A  w c  E  MT rd  iM  !Lt7«  f  1 ;         ^ 

•to  be  better  acquainted  with  tbem,  I  fhoiild  finl 
ihcy  were  not  fo  inhuman  as  to  put  people  t« 
ilcath,  b^caufe  they  were  of  a  diftcrent  opinioa 
froin  their  own.  That  this  was  only  a  religious 
rcremony  they  performed  to  their  dcceafcd  an* 
ccAors,  and  it  I  had  not  a  mind  to  aflift  at  it,  1 
iBight  fit  down  at  what  diftancc  I  pleafed. 

When  the  Popbarbad  faid  this,  he  and  the 
fefl  of  them  fell  down  on^their  faces  and  kiiTci 
th^  earth  :  Then  with  the  burning  glafs  they 
kindh^d  foaieodoriftTous  woods  ;  put  the  coals 
in  the  thurible  wiih  ihc  inccnfe,  and  incenfcd 
iheidolor  ftjtue  :  that  done  they  poured  th« 
/^vinc  on  the  altar  ;  fet  bread  on  the  one  fide  and 
fru;:s  on  the  o'her  :  and  having  lighted  two  lit- 
tle pyramidii  of  moft  delicious  pertumes  at  each 
end  of  the  great  pyramid,  they  fat  them  dov/a 
round  the  fountain,  which  I  fuppofe  was'conref- 
*d  by  art  under  the  pyrarijid,  and  itTi:ed  out  in  the 
rriiddle  of  th?  amphitheatre.  There  they  refretb- 
td.theiTiielvcs  very  heartily  with  fruits.  Sec.  and 
invited  mc  to  do  the  like  ;  which  invitation  I 
relL'<^ant!y  accepted.  The  Pophar  turned  to  m« 
and  fuid,  my  fon,  we  worfliip  one  inoiT:  higli 
God,  as  you  do  :  what  we  did  ju!l  now,  wai  not 
that  v/e  btlirve  any  Deity  in  tnat  llatuc,cr  ador- 
«d  i:  as  a  God,  but  only  refpc(5l  it  as  a  memorial 
and  in  remembrance  o\  our  great  anceflor,  wh« 
heretofore  conduced  our  for^;f  ethers  to  thi»  place, 
and  was  b:»ried  in  this  pyramiJ.  The  vzil  oi 
our  forefathers,  who  died  before  they  were  for* 
ced  lo  leave  this  valley,  are  buried  all  around  uf : 
thij  is  the  rtufon  wekilfrd  the  ground,  Kot  think- 
ing it  lawful  to  (i'lT  the  bones  of  tiie  dead.  W<s 
iA  ih«  faaif  ia  £^ypt,  becaufs  Wi  w«r8  origin 


d' 


Ltff  if  A/vf*'rarti  ^ 


fialiy  of  that  lind  :  cur  pirticulir  anccftr^r?  lireJ 
in  that  part,  which  was  aftcrvrards  cilicd  Tlic- 
be«.  The  time  v.  ill  not  permit  nic  to  acquaint 
ycB  ?,t  prefent,  how  we  were  driven  out  of  otif 
native  couniry  to  this  place,  and  aftcrwardsfrorti 
this  place  to  the  land  wc  arc  now  ooing,  you  ihiiU 
know  all  hercartcr. 

This  ftid,  he  io!d  us  it  rras  time  to.TfjIaltt 
i^t  beft  of  cur  way,  fe  they  all  got  up,  and  hav- 
ing kiiTed  the  ground  once  nrorc,  the  five  cl  ierl/ 
ircn  fcrapcd  a  littleof  the  earth,  and  put  it  ia 
^ne  golden  vcflc Is,  with  a  great  deal  ot  care  and 
Tcfpcft.  After  rcfrcdnng  curfclves  agsin,  we 
made  our  provifion  of  fruits  ;inJ  wjtcr,  and  Uai* 
jng  our  dromedsrics  up  the  way  wc  lajnc  down, 
v/e  mounted  and  fet  out  ioj  the  remainder  of  ouf 
journey. 

We  were  now  part  ihe  froplclt  of  Cancer*,  tf 
I  found  by  cur  fliadows  poing  Soutliwr.id  ;  wf 
Went  en  tiius  a  little  bendirg  towards  the  Wefl 
again,  «lmoll  paralic)  to  ihc  tropick.  I'he  brce- 
jltsencreafing  r;.iber  flronger  than  beiore,  fo 
that  about  rnidi.ight  it  vas  rcaHy  cold.  "We  gave 
•  ur  dromedaries  v.aterabci'.t  fun  riiing  snd  rc- 
frtfhcd  ourrdvesa  little,  then  fet  out  with  new 
rigour  at  a  prodigious  rate  ;  Rill  the  breezes  fell 
between  nine  and  ten,  however  we  nisde  Ihift  to 
goon,  bccaufc  thfv  ctmca^'ain  abciu  noon  ;  be* 
twccn  three  ar.ri  tcur  v.  as  the  liottcd  time  of  all. 
iefides,  [;,oiiig  i.ow  parallel  to  the    iropick,    We 

traveUt4 


•  When  i>crfv»n'»  ave  beyond  that  Tropick,at  miJ^ 

d*ylhe(htd.iw«i.f  ihingi  arc   toviardl    \Xk%  ^OHlh^ 


tfgrisr  GAVtZKti^  Di  LuCCA.  JJ, 

ffavelUcI  on  the  hot   fands,   of  cv«n  d^fcending  j 
tvhcrcas  when  we   pointed  Sv)u4hvvarJ3    towar4<8, 
the  line,  we  found  the  ground  to  be  infenfibly  rt-: 
^ng  upon  us;  but  ?s  we  went  on  the  flats,  as  if  it, 
had  not  been  that  wc  were  alixioil    on   the    ridgCj 
of  Africa,  which  made  it  crK)leF  than  one  can  well 
'  believe,  it  had  been  impoffible  to  bear   the  heats, 
When  wcVcftcd,  we  not  only    pitched  our  tenra 
for  ourftlres  and  dromedaries,  but  ths  Cc.nds  Were 
.fo  hot,  that  we  were  forced  to  lay    things   undaf. 
•ur  fctt  to  prefervc  them, from  burning.  , 

Thus  we  travelled  thro'  thofe  dlfaial  dcfaffl, 
,£or  four  days,  without  fight  of  any  living  creature, 
but  ourfeives.  Sands  and  fkics  vv^eieall  that  pre- 
fciited  to  our  view.  The  fatigue  was  the  great- 
eft  I  ever  underwent  in  my  life.  The  fourthd*/ 
about  ei^ht  in  the  morning,  by  good  fortune  toe 
MS,  or  elfc  by  the  prudent  forecait  of  the  Pophar^ 
who  knew  .ill  his  ftations,  we  faw  another  vale 
towards  the  right  hand,  with  fome  i^ragling  tree» 
here  and  there,  but  not  looking  nigh  (o  pleafant 
«s  the  firfl:  ;  Wc  made  to  it  with  all  our  fpeed^ 
and  had  nruich  ado  to  bear  the  heats  till  wc  cano 
to  it.  We  alighted  immediately,  and  led  one 
dromedaries  down  the  gentle  defcent  till  wc  could 
fi;id  ?v  thicker  part  of  it.  TU^  firil  trees  wer<» 
thin  iikI  eld,  as  if  they  had  ji)l\  mrddure  enougit 
to  k^iep  them  alive  :  Tin  grouni  was  but  ju(| 
covered  <jver  with  a  litile  fun-burut  mofs  with- 
out any  fignof  water,  but  our  llock  was  n:Jt  yet 
gone.  At  length,  as  we  defcended,  the  grove  cn-» 
creafcd  every  way.  We  reited  a  liti^e,  then  coa-» 
linuedto  defccnd  for  fome  ti:))^,  til!  v^;,  ca:n;  inr 
to  a  very  cool  and  thick  (liade.  Here  the  Po,jhar 
t«ld  us,  wc  muft  Ila^  two  oi  three  days,   perhaps 


"^  L'.fe  if  Aivitituret  tf 

larger,  ti!!h?  faw  lifi  r.fual  filers,  for  fr^ceHijij 
•n  l:is  journey, and  bid  us  be  fp.irin^  ot  our  \>aicr 
^or  fear  of  eccidcmi.  \Vc  fculcd  our  dromcf^a-' 
ffies  TF  before  ;  for  oui  fciYci  wc  c«ulil  Icarcc  take 
any  tiling,  wc  Wire  fo  fall j^ijcd  ;  the  Pophar  or- 
iJcrtd  us  (ome  cordial  wir.ts,  and  told  \\%y  we 
n.ight  flccp  as  lor.j^  as  we  would,  only  bid  ut  bt 
Aire  to  cover  ouiTclvc?  well,  far  tic  nights  vers 
lon^^  and  cvf  n  ccld  about  mi'lni^ht;  ^^'e  fooit 
\  aflcc'p,  and  did  not  awake  till  lour  the  next 
njOiring.  1  he  P<phar  being  foUicitfjus  for  all' 
cur  faftijfs  as  well  as  his  oat,  for  tl.'iS  was  th# 
critical  time  of  our  journey,  was  awake  the  firil 
©fi:s.  :'n  U'e   were   up  ar.J    rdrcflied   our* 

fc'vc>,  ...  iw.J  us  V.  e  murt  go  up  en  the    finds   a* 
fain  to  obfeivc  ir.c  figns.     V/c  took  our   dromc- 
darifs  along  with  us  tor  fear  of  wild    beafls,  tho* 
We  fjw  none,  walking  gently  up  tlii    fanils,    'till 
Wc  can'.c  to  very  hi^h  ground.       We  had   but    g 
dreary- profpccV  of  fun  burnt  plains,  as  far  as  our 
•yes  could  carry  us,   v;ithout  grafs,  Ojck  or  Oirub, 
•xccpt  vs  hsn  M  f  turned  our  backs  to  look  at    ih» 
vale  where  we  had  l.iin  all  night,  which  wc  fa^ 
f[..read  an«l  extended  i:fclf  a  vail  way.     He  afiur- 
fed  Wiy   the  notes  left  for    rules    by    his  anccftors^ 
mentioned  a  fpring  in  that  vale  below  u?,   whick 
running  lower  became  a  rividct,  but  that  eillicr 
by  fa  carthqu  iki',  or  Tonic  {IolxI  ot  fund,  it  wal 
Cjuiie  choaked  i:p,     runni.ig   under  grouiid   vi'.bX 
out  any  one's  kr.owledye,  whctlicr   it    broke  out 
;igain,  or  v,  as  t  niircly  fwallowed  ui  •.      He  faij 
«Jio  that  by  the  moll  anLicnt  acj^unis  .f  his  fort- 
fat  herf^ 

•  G?-);'jnp'»'.c:«j  ri:^r-f,  that  riv?!"?,  a"^d  even  yrral 
tsUcK  in  Atricn  Hnk  i^iid-T  ^r/)arid,    atd   aie  «)«))<« 


fathers,  the  fands  were  not  (o  dangerous  to  pifs^ 
Its  they  arc  now,  or  of  fuch  vaft  cxtrnt,  but  hai 
fruitful  vales,  much  nearer  one  another  than  at 
prcfert.  He  added,  that  he  hoped  to  fee  the  figns 
lie  wanted,  for  proceeding  on  'uur  way  j  fmce 
there  was  no  ftlning  till  thofc  appeared.  That 
according  to  his  Eaiphenieris  and  notes,  thej^ 
fhould  appear  about  this  time,  unlcfs  fori^.ething 
♦cry  extraordinary  happened, 

Trirs  ^as  about  eight  in  the  morifting,  the  9^lt 
iay  after  we  fct  out  for  the  dtfarts.  He  wis  eve-* 
ry  now  and  then  looking  Southward,  or  South-* 
trc(t,  with  great  folicitude  in  his  looks,  as  if  ho^ 
fvondered  he  faw  nothing.  At  length,  he  cvyti. 
cut  with  great  en^otions  of  joy, 'tis  coming  i  Look 
yonder,  fays  he,  toward  the  South  we*^,  and  feo 
what  you  can  difcovcr,  as  far  as  your  eyes  can  car-«. 
ry  you  ;  wc  told  hi::i,  we  faw  nothing  but  fonie 
iclouds  of  fands,  cairied  round  here  and  there  like 
VhirUvinds.  That  is  the  ilgn  I  want,  continued 
he  ;  but  mark  well  which  way  it  drives  :  V/e 
faid  It  drove  dire^ly  Ealhyard,  as  nigh  as  ws 
'icouldguefs.  It  doth,  fays  he  ;  then  turui  ig  hi» 
face  Wcil wards,  with  a  Ihtle  point  of  ilie  Suulh», 
^all  thoffi  vale  defarti  are  now  in  fuch  rz[\  ccns- 
irio.ionsof  ftorm*  ajid  whirlwinds,  that  mat;  ani 
beait  v/ouhl  loon  be  overwhelmed  in  ihofe  rol- 
J  ling  V/zvcs  ot  fands.  He  had  fc.irce  fiid  thif ,  birt 
r;c  fiv/  at  a  va(t  dKtancc,  ten  thounind  ii.do 
V  Kirirpontsof  faivl,  rifing  and  tailing  with  m 
J  ojigionx  tumult  an<l  /.-locity,  Kiilward,  witk 
>  1  thick  clouds  of  fana' and  dxiil  following  if. 
•  'vine,  (ays  he,  let  u$  go  down  to  our  iclting- 
)  .:.ce,  for  there  wc  muR  (lay,  till  we  fee  further^ 
if»w  oaatiersgo.     As.ihw  appcarcU  uoanr  iOhim 


\\tiT\  tfiy  of  t>ic  Tcf^,  I  m?.:c  joid  to  afk  I>im  wTiaf 
was  fhe  caufc  of  ihii  faJJcn  phicnnm^non  :  h« 
told  me  that  about  the  tuJI-mcoii  ihcrc  always  fell 
pro(ti:^i(>us  rains,  coming  frmi  ihcWcftcrn  part 
«f  Africa,  on  thi<  fidt  the  Eqtiator,  at  ihc  full 
C<'ming,  driving  a  Uttlc  Soulhwcfl,  for  fomc  lirr.c, 
then  ihcy  lurncJ  almoft  Scnnh,  and  crofcti  the 
line  till  they  came  to  the  fourcc  of  ihc  Nile  \  in 
vr liich  parts  they  fill  for  three  wccbs  cr  a  monik 
tcgetiicr,  which  was  the  occafion  of  theoverflovv^ 
ifif  of  that  river.  B^'t  that  on  this  fide  the  equa- 
tor, it  only  rained  about  fifteen  flay«,  preccedcd 
by  thofw"  whirlwinds  and  c\o\\\%  of  f and,  uhick 
gendered  all  that  trid  iiEpaiTtbic,  till  ihc  raiiU 
l^ad  laid  them  3£ain. 

By  this  time  we  cam-  clcivn  \o  cur  rcf^ir-'-* 
place,  and  tho'  wc  did  not  wint  fierp  or  refrcfh- 
ftient,  yet  we  to(^k  both  to  have  the  cool  of  the 
evening  to  recreate  ourftlves  after  fd  much  faT 
tigue,  not  bcin^^  likely  to  ui«>vc  liU  the  acxi  cvern* 
it^g  at  foonell. 

At  five  in  the  eveninj^,  the   Pophar  called   rt 
•P  to  go  with  him  once  more  to  the   highcli   pait 
.of  the  dcfan»    faying  he    wanted   out:  Hgn  yet, 
'Vfhich  he  hi»pcd    to  have  that  evening,  or  clfe  it 
would  be  difiicult  to  procure  water,  our  provifioa 
•  i  it   being  alinofV    fpait  \    and   there    Mere  no 
|^)ringj  in  the  dtfurls  ihat  wc  were  to    pafs    oyef, 
till  wc  came  within  a  lorg   day's   journey   of  tho 
«rd  of  our  Toya^e.      However,  he  fcarce  doubted 
but  we  (hould  (ce  the  fign  he   wanted  this    even- 
ing.     When  we  came  to  the    hii^h  ground,    ws 
eci.ld  fee  the  hurricanes  pUy  iHll  :  hut  whit  wai 
rncxo    c;iiU4«fsiioaf/*   vci/   (cw    cffcdji  of   that 


A'rlal  tumult  came  our  way,  but  drove  on  almoft 
parallel  to  the  Equator  :  Th«"  air  looked*  like  a 
l)rown  dirty  fog^  towards  the  Eaft  Sc  South-Eaft, 
til  the  whirlwinds  tending  towards  thofe  parts  : 
It  began  after  foine  time  to  lAok  a  little  more 
llghtiomc  towards  the  Wefl,  but  i'oy  as  if  it  wcrt 
©ccafioned  by  a  more  ftrong  and  fettled  wind* 
"At  length  we  perceived  at  the  fartheli  horizon, 
the  edge  of  a  prodigious  black  cloud,  extending 
jtfelf  to  the  Sonth  Weft  and  V/ellern  points,  ri- 
(ing  with  a  difccrnible  motion,  iho*  not  very  faft. 
We  faw  plain  enoiighjby  the  blackncfs  and  thick- 
'Hefsof  it,  that  it  prognofticatcd  a  great  deal  of 
rain. 

Kkri  they  all  fell  proflrate  on  the  enrth : 
Then  raifing  up  ihtir  hands  and  eyrs  towards 
the  fun,  they  feemed  to  pay  their  adorations  i9 
tkat  great  luminary.  The  Pophar  with  an  au- 
dible voice,  pronounc-ed  fomc  unknown  vrorJs, 
as  if  he  were  returning  thanks  to  that  planet  for 
what  he  faw.  Atihis!  ftepped  back,  and  kept 
jnyfelf  at  a  dillancc,  not  fo  much  for  fcsr  of  my 
lite,  as  before,  as  not  to  join  with  them  3n  theif 
idolatrous  worlhip.  For  I  could  not  be  igno- 
rant now,  that  they  had  a  wrong  notion  of  God, 
jind  if  tlicy  scknowlcdgvd  any,  it  v/ss  the  fun: 
which  in  effedl  is,  the  ieaft  irrational  idoUtry 
people  can  be  guilty  of. 

When  they  had  done  their  orifcns, the  Fcplar 
Turned  to  me,  and  fuid,  J  fte  you  wont  jtin  with 
V$  in  any  of  our  religious  ceremonies  ;  but  I  null 
tell  you,  continued  he,  that  cloud  is  the  faviYig 
ot  all  our  lives  :  And  as  tliat  j^reat  ivi\j  pointing 
to  tkc  Luminary,  is  the  i;«rLrumciit  that   Ctsi%\s  it 


^  t^fi  is  Ifvcnfarn   if 

tp,  28  inJrcd  he  it  the  pn  fcrvf  r  of  aU  our  fc:inf>, 
TTC  thi;.k  ciirfclvcs  obliged  to    return   thanks  i« 
)iiin.       Here  he  flopped,   at  ifhthaJa  oiir.d  i* 
ktar  what  I  coi.ld  fay   'iot  myfclf.^     I    was    not 
billing  to  enUr'Mitoa  rcligioLf  difp^te,  howcvcf 
Cdifidtiirgit  Try  duty  to  make  a    Ihort    reply,   I 
anfwercd,  that,  that  glorious  planet    was  omc   of 
Ibc  pliyfjcal  csiifes  of  the  prcfcrvaiJcn  of  our  be 
ings,  and  of  the  produaioii  of  ail    ihia^  ;    but 
that  he  was  produced  iiimfclf  by    the    p.kI  h\^\ 
God,  the  firiicaiirc  and   author  of   all   things  m 
heaven  and  earth  :  The  fun'only  moving  by    hii 
•rder  at  an  inanimate  being,  incapable    of   hear- 
ingour  pravcrs,  and  only  Operating  by  his  direc- 
tion.     However,  I  ufTtrcd  to  join  with  l.:m,    lA 
returninj;  my  bcil  thaiiks  toihc  moil    high   Gxl, 
forcrcaUnuthc  fun,  cjpablc  by  his  heal   lo  iaif« 
Ihit  cloud  Tor  \\\t  faving  our  livcf. 

Thus  1  adapted  my  anrvrer,  t$  n:gh  tohisdif. 
tf urfe  as  I  coulJ,  ytt  not  f)  as  ^o  deny  n.y  faiih. 
Foi  I  could  not  entirely  tell  what  to  nakc  ot 
tfctr  as  vet  i  fince  I  obftrvcd,  they  were  more 
mWl^-'iicus  in  ihcir religious  cercnionKS,  than  m 
,r.y  thing  tlfo*,  or  rather  this  was  the  only  tlnng 
they  were  r.fcrvcd  i;i.  He  pondered  a  good 
yrVx\c  on  what  1  faid,  hut  at  length  he  ad  Jt  d.you 
arc  not  n.uch  cut  if  the  way,  you  a»J  1  r,  ill 
Xx\k  ihisii^ancrovLrauuihci  liaic  j  foiuintd  olf 
li»cdii«>:otirrc. 

It 


•  vhi,  atreff  with  all  aniiert  fwccunti  <^f  thf 
drfl  peoa'eoJ  Ei^ypt;  >Ti;fitU  ikur  cmb.CH:*,   m 


Jfr/jfirOAtfOFUTtdBi  Lucca.         4f 

f  r  was  fun-fct  by  that  time  we  came  e[own  t» 
the  j^rovc.     Wc  had  fome  fnall    flights  c^f  C:x'Adf, 

^  Caufed  by  an  o-JJ  commonon  in  the  air,  attenJ- 
fd  with  littlj  whirls  in  is»  m  hich  put  ui 
in  fame  apprehenfior.s  ui  a  (^nd  (liDwer  ;  but  he 
llici  us  take  cctirzge^  fmcc  hccouid  nut  find  in  all 
his  accounts,  ihat  the  hunicancs    or    rains   ever 

-^amcinany  great  quantity,  a?  tar  as  we  were  ; 
the  natureof  them  being  to  i^iive  more  parulUl  t^ 
the  Equator  ;  bu<  he  was  furc  that  wc  ll:ouli 
have  fonie,  and  ordc^rcd  us  to  pitch  our  tents  aft 
firm  as  we  eould,  and  \lraw  out  all  our  Watcr- 
Vt'ireis,  to  catch  the  rafn  againft  all  accidents. 
Wiicn  this  was  done,  and  we  had  eat  our  fuppcw, 
we  recreated  ourfelves  in  the  grove,  wandcrin» 
fiboiit  hf  re  arr^  there,  and  difccurlmg  of  the  na- 
ture pf  thcfs  J  haEiiomtna.  The  groAe  grew 
much  plcafanter  as  wc  advanced  inia  i:  ;  there 
%vcre  many  dates  and  other  truits,  ihe  naiuraj  jpro- 
duce  of\Africa.  I  made  bold  to  ifk  tic  Popharp 
how  far  that  tjroTre  txtendtd,  or  whether  there 
were  any  infiabitants.  He  told  nr^e,  he  covildr^ot 
tell  any  iMrg  oi  either.  That  it  was  podlbJc 
the  grove  mi^h.  enlarge  itfelt  different  w.ys,  a- 
mong  the  wi»ding  hills  ;  fince  his  accuiiiits  told 

.  Jiim,  there  had  been  a  rivulet  o?  wuter,  tho'now 

.  there  wui  noai  to  be  fctn  ;  but  he  believed  there 
were  no  inhabitants, fincc  there  were  ho  mcntioB 

•  made  oF  them  in  tiis  paper?.  'Nor  did  he  btliirvc 
any  other  people  in  the  World  bcGie  theinfclves, 
knew  t!ic  way,  or  would  venture  (o  far  intothcfc 
horrid  inhofpiiabbd^fdrts.  I  r^fkc-d  bow  he  waj 
fnre  that  was  the  ylace  or  by  what  rule  he  could 
knoMf  hov/  far  he  \r.\s  c  rn3,  or  where 
he  was  to  turn  to  the  right  or  Itii  i  having  a  rrind 
t^  ieain  whether  he  h*id  any  ccrtaia  liiwwled^e  of 


4^  Llfi  y  JJxf^ifffrtt    / 


1 


Hs  Hopprd  a  little  at  my  ^t!c(\ior.f  ;  then  fail 
with  jnt  :u^y  aj^paront  hificaiion,  w.iy,  f.id  hc^ 
Wc  lc>'K)\v  by  the  nieille,  hov?  fjr  vrc  Tiiy  tiorm 
the  Njrth  or  Sauth  p}ini,  at  Ic^fl  till  xtc  com* 
to  tiie  tropicL*,  it  not,  we  can  take  the  mcrcdU'- 
•n  and  h*.  ij^l.t  o^  ihc  lun,  a;:>  kr.o  .vin.;  the  tirue 
•f  thf  year,  vrr  can  ttll  how  near  we  approach- 
to,  or  arc  t>ff"  the  equator.  Yt»,  faid  I  ;  btii  O 
ihtrc  arc  di.ft,fciit  memlians  every  {\tp  you  tak% 
fcow  can  ycij  ttl!,  how  lar  you  go  Ealt  «r  Weft, 
when  you  run  eit)»er  way  ii>  puallcl  iincst  to  th« 
tropiij!;,  ar  the  f  qjaior.  Here  he  li.jppcd  •<-;sin, 
gad  wi;ticr  could  un  luake  any  ccruia  difcjrery. 

Off 


•  bxprinLnial  philolo^'j)  tclib  ««.th4t  ibe  iite^l- 
}«  is  ot'lircie  ui'^  in  ii  )>i(,aii>  n,  when  ooder  the 
line  :  bat  Ii<r8  SuLluKiiif;  wiihott  tuiMii  g  to  »nf 
point  of  hfclt';  bccaati*  <i  fom'*  (eppofr,  the  ciir* 
rriil  ofthe  S9  ignecir  cift.iv: J,  iying  from  p.>l«  {• 
p^ile,  h  is  ll»er»  i.B  hin^<  it  ax'i,  as  the  diawieler  of 
the  c<|UiU9r  Is  hjj-f'fr  ihun  (he  njr»  of  the  worfj, 
liii  VI  ti.iUrr  ihiii  iiat  ihe  r»ine  &  A  o:\  the  nrrdlc 
ky  latid,  which  te  the  cafc^fts  ii  h..$  by  i'c.\,  wt  mufk 
]i:tve  a)  ire  certain  tipci  iaicnti  tu  kooW,  ihu'  it  «• 
ymb.^iblc  it  tn.iy. 

f  A'he^evcr  weftand,  we  arc  f.n  the  rMm'.n'.t  of 
the  jilobewiib  rtlpct^  to  t!«.  Whofrer  ihirrft-r^ 
thinks  to  o>>  due  Well,  p.irallel  to  the  ei|fi  ttcr  o» 
£3(V,  vrii!  >iot  liofs  biu  willcet  the  Jiue  at  lorjr* 
ritri,  bfcaur;  he  m  ik  i  i  grentrt  ciiclc.  fUcie  mm 
IliereiV.Kf,  w'k'U  t;  cy  thoB.ht  thfy  went  dve  WtU, 
%re:c  {•pj>i'mcHin«4  to  ih<:  linr,  ui  trr  than  th^y  vurt 
aware  ot,  and  hipp  fiiio;  the  i^rudivire  ofthe  ^nrk 
lo  br  rp  r  i  !at,    v-^mr  up   hl.i   iUi    %h9   H9^f   katiujj 


^/J-Z^r  OACroEKTtd  ©I  LVCCA.  'i^ 

•f  Kai  aot  1  mih  I  to  1st  m*  into  thr  fecret.  The 
firtl  '.-ras  iriDfl  lik^lv,  ho?f^'ver,  h3  a'lfvrw'rc  i  read- 
ily enough,  and  faid,  yon  j»leafc  me  with  your 
curious  ^ucftions,  finceJ  find  you  unieriland  th« 
difFculty.  Why,  continued  he,  ^li  the  mcthc>4 
>ve  hire,  is  to  obfcryc  ex:i<5lly  how  far  our  dropa- 
edaries  go  In  an  hour,  or  any  fpace  of  lime  :  You 
lee  we  go  itiuch  about  the  fams  paC2  :  We  haVc 
n  J  Hops  in  o;jr  way,  but  when  we  knor/  yf  it, 
to  rctrcih  ourfclves  or  (o,  for  Trhich  (o  lung  time 
h  tl'^wcd.  .When  we  fet  cut  from  Ej^ypt,  our 
point  oi  trarcl  was  due  Weft,  our  bealts  g-^iu  f» 
many  miles  an  hour  ;  thus  it  iscafy  to  tell  hov/ 
fiiucii  further  Weli  we  are,  than  at  firll*.  If 
wc  decline  ro  the  North  or  t!je  South,  v/eare  fen- 
lible  hovr  many  miks  \rc  have  adv.mc«d  in  f# 
Riany  haurs,  and  compute  hjvr  jnuch  the  declina- 
tion takes  oix  iroin  our  going  due  Weil.  Ani 
ih»'  wc  cannot  tell  to  a  dciiionilrAtive  exa^^aefs^ 
ire  can  leii  prcUy  lii^h,- 

This  vr:ii  al!  I  could  gstout  of  h;m  at  tW 
tiii.c,  which  did  not  (atisi^y  ihs  difficulty  ;  then  I 
afktd  hina,  ho  v  tkey  came  to  fiaJ  oat  this  way  or 
•a  venture  to  feck  out  a  h.,blration  unknown  (• 
all  the  World  btii'v       Hi  replied,   for     liberty 

and 


•  At  firii  fi  ;^t,  it  fccins  to  be  caller  to  fi.id  ouC 
the  longitude  bj  land  than  by  ie%,  hsci\ui'c  we  vmy 
ke  more  €cr:ain  ho»  ws  advance.  At  Tea,  :hcre 
»re  currrD's  and  tidei,  and  fctiinp^s  :n  cf  the  fe,i, 
vbjcii  m  ik^»  the  fhipgo  aflAUt  mere  or  left  infea* 
fiblj.  As  yet  there  h,^»  bseii  no  certain  rule  found 
to  tell  13,  how  far  we  advance  due  R  (lur  tl'i't  Wcfl. 
The  eirtraiion  cf  rhepo!f,  or  the  lui^ht  nl  the  fan 
l!»:w  tt«,  how  fir  we  dec?incio  iheN.irth  or  iioutU,. 
^U4  wa  luTC  no  certain  r«k  far  ilic  Kail  ur>  Wtl^*- 


and  prefrrviition  of  tlxir  hwi.     I  diireJ    n#l   * 
any  turther  (luclUaus,  feting  he  gave  luch  gcacr- 

al  ani^ers. 

BytUstimeit  begnn   to  be  prot^i^iort  fUrV». 

-  for  all  it  v»  as  fuUmoon*  ;   ^vc    had    fun>.c  fnddca 

-  mils  o(  •»  ini  that  aartUii  us  a  liitle.     It  lit,hrefi- 
cd  at  fach  a  raic»  a?  1  never  law  in  my  htr,    tho 
it  w2sto^7l1^^.J  ihc  ho.iirn,  and  drove  ^^'^^^'^^  >• 
of  us  ;  Vii  it  wa»  rcallv  terrible  to  fee  ;  tlu  H  .Ih- 
e,  were  io  thick,  the  fl;y  was   almolt    in    a    light 
fir-.      We  made  up  lo  our  tents  as  fall  as  pv-t^Jble, 
and  (ho*  only  the  ikir'.s  of  lUt  doads   hiin^^   over 
us  it  rain.>d  pretty  hird,  fo  that  a  fu-.^ply  oi  water 
i^as  foonprcctired.      Tic   ihund.r  was  but  ju* 
auaiblr  at  a  valt  dii^^ncr,  and    for  oi.r   comtort... 
^fove  l\iU  to  the  Eaif^^ard.      1  hid  very  htilc  in- 

clina'ioi.  \o  reU,  >^ha:evLr  ir.y  cttrp^noRs  had. 
tut  pondering  %>Iih  n-yfelf,  both  the  nature  of  tho 
thi;u,  3T.dtheprna;.i.)US  fkill  thcfo  nun  niuH 
havr  iii  the  l^^yi  oi  tht  ur.ivcrfc,  1  U^id  wuh  im. 
patience  waiiing  the  tvcnt. 

I  w;«;  iLVinng  v»i,h  niyMf  on  wh?t  I  had  heard 
Rndfcfn,  m.tbcinc^vblc  yet  to  ^/uefs  i^ijh  any 
<a;iifaciion,  N^hai  ihtfe  people  ^ce,  when  aft 
iine;irtf^^d  accident  was  tic  c;au{c  ot  a  dnct^vc 
rv.Mhich  made  me  fere  ihcy  wc  c  nm  gnaver 
jti  -I'^ers  to  m?  than  I  >^as  to  fr.yUM.  I  Vc 
v/ntiKiwatlhitin-hot,  fotb.t  >^c  had  tbro^u. 
*fLUj  rarmcnti  to  our  liiini,  »iid  Ba*f  nus 
'^  bria*» 


•  TKc  full  monn  nhct:t  the  fu:nmer    fo.ft  c«  pj" 
€ra'  y  Srim  Gr.'r.  »tul  ihe  ov.'r  (^^-ing  of  the  N^U 
i,  rot  kn(  be  cM^retf  V>)    lUt  1J.I\  r»..W  l»  ^^^ 


%fcaft'$  for  coolT^r?  fafee  ;  when  there  canse  a  pro-- 
rfigioiis  flifh,  or  rather  >laze  of  lightninf^,  whicli 
l^ruck  lull  againfl;  ihf?  breaft  rtf  one  oF  thj  yonjig 
iRen  oppofiTc  to  myfelf,  and  difcovered  9  %rigljt 
froid  medal  hinging  doc/n  from  his  neck,  with  ilie 
fi^nrt  of  the  fun  engraved  on  it,  furrounded  witb 
rliaradcTB  that  were  unknown  to  me,  the  very 
fame  in  all  appearance  I  had  feen  my  deccafeiT 
j^othei- always  wear  about  her  neck,  and  fince 
licrdcath  I  carried  with  me  for  her  fake,  I  ant- 
ed the  meaning  of  that  medal,  fince  I  had  one 
cfbout  me,  ^s  it  appeared  of  the  ver)  fame  make* 
1-f  the  Pophar  had  been  ilruck  with  lightning,  \\c 
could  not  have  been  in  a  greater  furprize'than  he 
was  at  thefe  words  :  You  one  of  thofe  medals^ 
^jid  he,  how  in  the  name  ©f  wond-^r  did  you  come 
ly  it  ?  I  told  him  my  mother  ^'oia  it  about  her 
acck  from  a  Uttlc  child,  and  with  that  pulled  it 
•utofmy  packet.  He  fnatched  it  cnit  of  my 
liandtwitha  prodigix)iif  eagernefs,  and  held  it 
againil  the  ligt^tning. perpetually  ialhia^ln  uj^hi 

As  foon  83  he  faw  it  W2»  tlie  famo  With  tf»^ 
©tlier,  he  cried  out,  great  fun, what  can  this  n.ear.  ' 
fhen  aCccd  me  again  where  I  had  it?  How  ni/^ 
ftiothcr  came  by  it  ?  who  my  mother  was?' vba^ 
age  (be  was  when  (he  died  ?  As  foon  as  the  vio- 
\tnCQ.  of  his  eitafy  would  give  me  lcav|(|:  I  tol^ 
liim  my  mother  had  it  cvcrfipcc  Ike  wa«'  a  litf'c 
child  :  that  fhe  was  the  adopted  daughter  of  a  no» 
l;le  merchant  in  Corfrci,  who  had  left  ber  alt 
kis  efF<;<^5  when  my  father  marritd  her  :  that  (hi 
l^^as  married  at  thirteen,  and  1  was  then  Dinsteeo, 
and  the  fecond  fon,  fo  that  I  gucifed  flae  was  to^ 
Y'ardsiojiy  wh^n  ibe  died,     it  suulVbc  Jfiphen.YJ 

i  cry«4 


,H 


<rve(?  V^c,  viih  the  utmnO  rxtafy,!!  miifl  be  ftic  I 
Tn€«  lierau^ht  rrc  in  his  irms  and  faid,  you   art. 
potv  really  one  of  ns,  being  ihe  fon  of  my    fith-^ 
•t's  only  ftirxjviri^  d.u]ghtcr,  iT.y   drar   ftfttr    Ifi-, 
pbena,  wliofe  re mcn.br«»nce  ir.ade  the  teirs   \\\% 
iown  tbe  oM  tnan'y  checks  v(  ry  plenufully.     She 
Was  loft  at  Grand  Ciirg  aV  ui  tht  time  you  incn- 
tion,  togerher  with  a    twin-fjft-r  v^ho    I    frar   t5 
j^cvtr  to  be  heard  of.       Then    1    rcflc<Slcd    I   !.a4, 
lieard  my   mother  fay,  fhc   bad    been   informed!,, 
the  gentleman  >viio  a.'ojiied  her  for  his  daughter, 
Jiad  bought  bcr  when  fhc  was  a   little  jji.rl    of  t 
^urkilh     v/oman      of    that   p'.ace, — tliat   Lcing 
eharmcd  with  the  early   fi^ns  of  beauty    in   ihc 
ehild,  and  having  no  cliiUircn,  he  ad  p'td  her  for 
Y\i  OT^'n.     Yes,  (aid  the  Popl^ar,  it  niuft  be  fhc  ; 
BiiV  what  is  btcome  of  the  other  fifter  \  for,   faid, 
i)c,  my  dear  fiftcr  brought  two  at  one  unfortniKitc 
fcitth,  which  coft  htr  l/cr  life  ;  I  told  him  I  never 
ircard  any  ll»fng  of. the  oihtr, 

Thkn  he  acqii2inted  me  that  lis  fifler's  bn^ 
[and  was  the  perfon  who  conduced  tiic  left  t« 
it  the  tombi  ot  their  anccftors  as  he  did  row  : 
h|[t  the  laft  voyage  he  to*k,  his  wife  who  out 
cf  hrr  fjreat  fondncfs  had  tcai^td  liim  and  impc^r- 
tr  :  m  fo  much  to  go  ah>ng  with  him,  that 
f ho' it  were  contrary  to  their  liws,  he  contrived 
to  csriii^^r  difj;uifcd  in  man's  c.lotih»  like  one, 
•f  .the  yovig  men  he  ch*#fc  to  accoiripar.)  liitn  ia( 
the  expedition  :  that  flaying  at  Giaud  C  liro^iBk 
the  next  ftafon  for  his  utr.rn,  fliC  proved  wilkl 
fhild  of  twins  ;  and  to  his  unfpcak;iblt.  gtiet  di-i 
ed  in  child-bed,  That  when  ihiy  earned  h»ec  wf 
loTbebrs to  be  interred  f\ith  l^is  anciftors,  of 
wUicb  1  ibouM  have  a  tauic  v?ta6i  >j.'i^;i)»ytio^ 


liy  and  bj,t^cy  Were  obliged  to  leave  the  chii^ 
dr'jnwiiha  nurfe  of  the  country,  wiih  fomp 
E-Cyp'iin  ferv^nts  to  take  care  ot"  ihe    houfe   £n.i 

"cffccls  ;  but  beiore  they  came  back,  the  nurfdi 
tvirh  her  accomplices  ran  away  with  the  childrcij^ 

"and  as  \rc    iiippofcd    murdcrtd  them,  viiicdi    the 

'liourc  of  all  tkc  jewels  and  other  valua'ble  jhiii£,f,' 
and  were  never  heard  of  atterw aids. 

But  it  feems  they  thought  it  more  for  tbeix 
advantage  to  fell  the  children,  as  we  find  they  dli 
by  your  mother  ;  but  what  part  of  the  woild  ih^ 
other  fifler  is  iij,  or  whether  (he  be  at  ail,  ,1$ 
known  only  to  the  great  author  of  our  bein^; 
However,  continued  h<5,  we  rejoice  in  finding 
<ht»fe  hopeful  rcmainsof  your  d(^ar  mother,  wh^s 
rcfembhnce  you  Carry  along  with  you  :  it  wsaf 
that  gavcnie  fuch  a  kindncfs  for  your  perfon  iht 
f»rlVtime  I  fawyow,  with  romething,methoug]ify 
I  had  never  obferycd  in  any  other  race  of  peoglsr 
^cfide.  But,  faid  he,  IcTeprive  my  companioii^ 
and  children  here  of  the  happincfs  ni  err/bracrug 
Iheir  ownflcfhand  blood,  iince  we  ali  fpiun.^ 
from  ®ne  common  father,  the  author  of  our  na- 
tion, with  whom  you  are  going  to  be  iacorpora- 
led  once  more.  Here  we  embraced  «*i€  aocthUT 
vith  a  joy  that  is    inexprciuble, 

Kow  all  my  former  fears  were  entirety  vani- 
ihed  ;  tho' 1  had  lod  the  country  where  I  was 
born,  1  had  found  another,  of  which  I  could  n» 
ways  be  alhamed,  beint^  the  moll  humane  an^ 
civilized  people  I  ever  faw,  and  by  all  my  hop^cs., 
©ne  of  theiineft  countries  in  the  world  ;  th«  on- 
ly check,  to  my  happincfs  was,  that  they  w«r« 
Iftiidek.     However,  1  was  refxilvfed  not  to  let  jyiy 


•onfidrration  blot  o«t  of  my  mind  that    I    tfa»  #» 
•hiillian.     Or.  which  ace  unt,  when  ihc   Pjphair 
"woulJ  have  tied  ilic  mcdiil  ahoui   my  reck,   at« 
kadgc  of  my  race,   T  kad    fome    difficulty    in   th« 
jpoiut,  for  tear  it  fbouici  bean  emblem  of  iJoiatry:, 
/tting  them  to  be  txtrtmtly  fiipcrUilious.     So  i 
afAtci  him,  what  was  the  meaning   of  the  figure 
€>f  the  fun,  with  ihofc  unknown  chara£\cri  rouivl 
about  it  ?   He  told  me  the  chara6^crg  were  to    bic 
prcncimct d  Oiwflim,  i.e.  the  fun  ii   the  atxhfjf 
4)i  our  bLJng,  or  more  literally,    ihc   fun   ii   osk- 
father.     Om  or  #w,  figniftes  the  fun,     fihis  will 
"he  cjplaintd  in  another  place-]    Ak  figuil^tf  tatH- 
•r,  im  CI  jr.tm,  Ml.      Thii    made  me   remember, 
they  had  tokl  n»e  in  Egypt  that  they    w  ere   chil- 
4i.T\  of  the  fun  ;  and  gJve  me  fome  unfaHnefi  at 
#iC:ir  idolatfoui  notioni.     So  1  told  him,  ]  would 
ieep  it  35  a  cogniiance  of  my  cotwitrvi  but  could 
jiut  ackoowledgc  any  bui  God  to  be  the   fuprcnjo 
•author  of  my  being.     As  tothc  fuprc'r.c    awihor^ 
i^'A  he^    /ovr    opiai&a  '\%   lUiU  ditcreat  iiom 

I?UTlctu«  !cive  tbtfe  religiouf  mattert  tiH 
another  tims:  We'll' clufc  this  happy  day  wiiW 
thankfgiving  to  the  fupreme  Being  (or  this  dif- 
covery  :  to-moriow  morning  fince  you  arc  noif 
•yc^lly  oncof  u<,  1  will  acquaint  yon  with  yout 
<»ri.;ir,  and  how  \v«  catnc  t««  hidt  ourfclvci  it 
Xi\iU  iahofpitable  J.fcitfi. 

Tub  neitt morning tho  Pophar   called  me   (• 

him  ; 


*  rher«  people  ar«  fonteihinf^  hke  the  ^liii'.fe^ 
m\m  Wvtrfliip  ihe  matMial  hertven  er  ik>,  whicU 
famt   iniiliotiaiici  C9i!i   lkii.{|&    Gv:in;uvi'.)U  irtcJi 


^Ifsn  ;  fon,  faid  he,  t«  fulfil  my  promife  which  f 
made  you  lail  night,  and  that  you  may  not  be  like 
the  i;«ft  «f  thl!  ignorant  world,  who  know  not 
trho  their  forefathers  and  anccftars  were  :  wheth- 
er they  fprungfroin  brutes  or  barbarians  is  att 
alike  to  them,  provided  they  can  bwt  grovel  om 
the  earth  as  they  do.  You  muft  know  there- 
fore, as  I  fuppofe  you  remember  what  1  lold  yoo 
at  our  firft  ftatioji,that  we  came  originally  tram 
Egypt.  When  you  aiked  me  how  we  came  to 
VCBture  thro*  ihcfc  inbofpitable  dcferts,  1  ioW4 
)[ou  it  wafc  for  liberty  and  the  prefervatioli  of  ciit 
)aw$  ;  but  as  you  are  now  found  to  be  one  of  ut, 
}  defigntogive  you  a  more  j^aiticulai  account^' 
your  origin. 

Out  atxceftorB  did  originally  csrfie  from  Egy^ 
•ncc  the  happieft  place  in  the  world  :  alth/  tlic 
same  of  Egypt,  and  Egyptiaas,  has  been  given  t€> 
ihat  country,  long  fi ncc  we  came  out  of  it,  lb© 
©riginal  name  of  it  was  Mezzoraim,  frOLii  the 
6rft  man  that  peopled  it,  the  father  of  o*ir  iiatio»<) 
«nd  we  call  ourfelres  Mczxoranians  from  him* 
'We  hiivc  a  traditioa   dclivcrfd  dowa  to  its  frcvm^ 

Our 

•  Th«*  anticm  Egjpu»n§  ihcught  men,  ht  ntW 
8S  inltrt*.  were  prt'daccd  c»t  of  iht-  flime  uf  'liC 
Wiie,  by  th«  h^at  o^  the  fnn  and  ca)led  ih'-n^fclvea 
Ahvjrii^-i'ies,  as  fctcraJ  oth*r  i»i»ii»5»  did,  Tho'ihi© 
\y\\\'  wsn  is  inclined  lo  iliirk  ihty  wtyc  created  by 
G.»d  J  £8  it  ia  cvicl'/nt  and  cenain  ihey  ^ert;  for 
liucf  we  fte  omt  iHufi^c  ifi^i<!4  canjut  i>ff  proclact^ 
wiibout  a  caui'e,  it  is  noi;ft:nre,  ai  well"  a.K  itr.}>of. 
fibie,  to  iinag;ine  an  irfinite  (tries  cf  t/icn  and  £ni- 
pi  il.;  coc-ld  b«  protJcic*d  without  a  ftpivrat*  caiife  ; 
Oil  v;'kicl;  accent- Acjatirm  ii  one  n\  UiC  ia.fi  k'^ 

11^  ai4i  abftAfd  tti>Ui*fMi  id  U«  ^orl4i 


§4  tift  ^  Ad^^nrutnuf 


POlcl 


•ur  firrt  anceftors,  that  whrn  thc>  eartk  firft 
cut  of  thf  wstf  r,  fix  prrfyn?,  t'^rcc  mm  anJ  ihrcc 
wniprn,  rcfc  along  with  it  :  eiihtr  producid  by 
x\\t  fun,  or  f«rnt  bjr  the  fiiprcme  dtify  lo  inhaoit 
i^  That  Mczzuraiij)  our  firl!  foun.fer  was  one 
•f  thofc  fix  ;  whaencrtafjng  in  number,  made 
cloice  of  the  country  now  called  Ecvpt,  for  tfj^ 
phce  of  his  habitation,  "where  he  fettled  with  6» 
©f  his  chililren  and  grand  children  all  whom  h« 
kroui^ht  al  >nj^  with  ium,  governing  them  as  ^a 
real  faiher,  and  in>!ri><l,l:jig  iheni  to  live  with  ofl« 
•noiiicr,  usbr;>thfrs  of  one  and  the  fame  family. 
Jh[<:  was  a  pci:cablc  man  abliorring  the  fttddm;* 
«f  blooQ»,  which  he/aid  would  be  piir.ilbed  by  the 
fuprcinc  ruler  of  ihe  world  :  rjurtaiuly  given  ia 
tlicfcurchur  Icienccs,  and  conit-mplation  of  the 
heavens  t.  it  was  he,  wtjo  wjj  ihc  ftr.'t  inve;j- 
K^r  uf  iiU  cur  aria^  and  vrhatcver   tvai    Mfttul  fcr 

tha 


•  Ik  is  ccrtaiu  fr.^in  Ilochart,  and  other  learnfv} 
aiilUora,  ih.it  the  £gypi)an  government,  as  \%ell  at 
tkacof  iii»ft  n»iic:o,  wni  st  fit  fl  patriarchal  :  till 
Iximrod  fi)imdi?d  ;»iC  ftrlt  kii  2*1^^"  or  empire  in  ih» 
world  ;  whofe  ex4i.%p!«  otheii  followed  accor^ingr. 
to  their  power.  Hjwevrr,  tht  parrijrcha!  govcTn- 
innii  was  iooii  brt  ke  in  v)»-jn  in  £^jpr,  flnce  the/ 
had  kingft  in  Abmiiam  MDi)  IfAac'i  tini^,  aa  «r9 
leura  from  :hf  old  T-  '^    i.^    r. 

f  ihe  ccL'braicd  1;  .  ^  /Mefox  in  the  third 
psrt  i)\  nil  (iniverral  Misti  ry  gives  >  worderf'tti 
dcicription  of  the  juf(:c9  and  pciy  of  theftrit  K^yi^- 
tiaua,  who  had  luvii  .)  horror  cf  Hucldiiij;;  aiii)'* 
k^ood  ihjt  tlicjf  pua)ifiicr<l  ihcir  cridiin.i  •  aittr  x.\\ty 
were  dead  1  whicii  wai  ai  «iucli  in  Tciri/reni,  cos- 
fcderiug  their  fuperibiiuus  reverence  Ux  thtir  dj. 
ceafed  friends  »tid  pareulfl^  fU  U'  they  itxd  b«cr!i 
]|^uaiiUc4  Mfluit  M:iv6-. 


Afgf)7ernfnchtof  life,  fpriingfrom  him;    th6*^ 
his  grandfon  Thaoth  rather  excelled  him,.panic^ 
ul^rly  ill  the  iiiore  fubiime  fciences. 

Thus  our   anc^ftors   lived  for  four  hundred ' 
ye»rs,  eijcreafing  and  iprcading  over  all  the   lan«J  • 
^^  ^toyP^    ^"^  abounding  with    the  bltffing   of 
peace  and  ]c no wledgc,   without   guile    or  deceit,- 
Kcither  doing  or   fearing    harm    from  tny  ;     tiU- 
tiie  wicked  defcendants  of  the  other  men,   called 
Hickfoes,  envying  their  h.ipjDirtrs,  and  the  rjch- 
ficfs  of  their  country,  broke  in  Dpon  them  like  a 
torrent,  dcftroying  ail   k-fore   thor,  and  takiiigf 
poiTcffion  of  that  happy  place    our  anceflors  had 
Tendered     fo  fionrifliing.       The    poor  innocent 
MvzzofEnians  abhorring,  qs  I  faid,  the   fhedding 
fcf  blood,  and  ignorant  of  ail  violence^  v.ere    fi.-in 
like  fheep  all  uver  the  country  ;  their  wives  aed 
J3si:ghterfi    violaied     before   their  eyes.      Tho/e 
their  mercilcfs  enemy  fp^red,    were  mace   flavei 
♦o  work  and  till  tlje  earth  lor  thiir  new  lords. 

But  what  vrss  moft  intolerable  was,  that   thefc 
iteipious  Hivkfots,   forced  them  to  adore  men  zn4- 
Warts, .  and  even  infea^  tor  Gods  :   nav,  and  fome- 
tafcc  their  children  offered    in    facrifice  to  thofc 
i-nhunrjan  dciiies.      Thisd/eadful  inundcfion  •fell 
fii  firft  only  cr  the  lovv.^r  parts  of  Egypt,    wliicli 
ivtie  then  the  moO  fourifhinrr ;  as  many   of  th« 
dirtrelfed  inhabitants  as    could 'rfcfpc   their  cruel 
liands,   fid  fo  the  upper  parrs  of  the  couniry,    ia 
hopes  to  find  there  fome  little  rcfpite  from    thcif 
niisloriuncs.     But  alas  [   W.iat   cculd    they  do  T 
J  hey  kncwnoufeot  arms  :  ndthcr  wouM  thcii 
law.s  fuflF  r  them  10   deffroy  their   own    f;3ccies  r 
jrct  cit^eUed  trcrj  koir  to  l^e  deTourcd  by   theif 


10  l^A  U  jfihnhtrfi  if 

erucl  f  nrfTTcs.  The  ccontry  to  which  ihcy  tref^ 
mow  rctfffd  vv.stoormall  for  th  -m,  \i  ihev  conM 
Jiarc  enjoyed  ir  in  ptace.  Tbe  heads  of  tlu*  Jain- 
ilics  in  fuchdillrcls  were  divided  in  thtir  conn- 
§c\s-^OT  TiiXhcT  thzy  had  no  counfcl  to  follow: 
fome  oi  ihcm  fl;d  into  the  uci^fihourin^  dcferti, 
^bich  yoTj  have  fccn  arc  very  dif.:".al  on  botk 
^des  the  upper  pnrt  of  that  kin^;dom  ;  they  were 
dirjpeifcd  like  a  i^>ck  ot  llicrp  fc;.tTercd  by  the 
fav«nous  wolves.  The  conftcrna'ion  wis  fo 
frtat,  they  were  nTolveJ  to  fly  to  the  farthcfl 
parts  of  the  earth,  raiher  than  fall  into  the  haads 
•f  thoic  iiihuman  nnoLfterf. 

Thi  greartft  pirt  oftbem  ag'fred  to  build  (\i)p% 
tnd  tryth'.ir  formne  by  fea.  O'lr  gicat  tathei 
McizoraiiTTj  had  ta«^ht  ihem  the  art  of  makirg 
foats,  to  crofs  the  branches  of  the  great  rivcK 
C^ik)  :  wliich  fom<:  faid  he  hid  U'arned  by  be- 
;iig  prcfci  VLtlin  foch  i  thing  from  a  terrible  ri'jotf^ 
that  overflowed  all  the  land.  Which  iniUurnent 
of  tlitlr  prcfi-rvation  they  fo  irporovcd  af  terwardi, 
thzi  they  could  crofs  the  leifrr  fea  without  any 
^tfFcnl:T.  Tljia  beitig  refolvcd  ci^j  thev  couli 
nor  «grce  ulicrc  to  go  ;  fome  bciui^  refolv?d  1(9 
gfo  l»y  ont  Tea,  fotnc  by  thc'other.  flowcvcr  thtf 
let  a!)  hands  to  woik,  fo  that  in  a  3carstime  tliejr 
had  built  a  va(t  number  of  vcflfcls,  drying  thera 
backward?  and  torwardi  along  the  cuaU.v,  mend- 
Xfig  what  tvaf;  d^fiiicni,  and  improving  what  tl)tp 
imagined  might  be  for  their  irrcater  fccuci'y. 
They  thoiij^ht  now,  or  at  Icuii  their  eagtrnrfs  \9 
avoid  iheir  cner^icn,  niade  them  thjiik  they  coukf 
p)  Willi  fiitety  all  over  the  nr?in  fca.  /\$our  an- 
c-tflors  had  chiefly  given  then  fLlvei  to  the    (tud/ 


'  rti'ef  were  tlieniofl  capable  of  fuch  cnterprlxe^ 
©f  any  people  in  the  worKi.  Bnt  the  appr'^hea- 
fion  of  all  that  was  miferaWe  being  jufl  {•  re (h  be- 
fore iheir  eyes,  ifiickened  their  indiiftry  to  fuek 
a  degree,  as  none  but  tticn  in  the  like  circumrtan- 
cesciin  h^Te  a  jui'l  idea  of.  Pvloll  of  ihefc  m^a 
i«rerc  thufc  who  had  ficd  in   crowds  from  lowcff 

The  nature!  inbibltants  of  tbe"  upper  parff,. 

"•'tho'  they  were  in  a  very  great  connernaiion,  anl 
Viiilt  (hips as  faft  a«  they  could,  yet  their  fraii 
Were  not  io  inniriC  iiate,cfptcially  feeing  the  Hick- 
foes  remained  yet  quiet  in  ihcir  new    po'VcHions* 

•  But  news  being  brought  them,  that  the  Hickfoes 
began  to  ftir  li.'^ain,  more  fwarms  of  their  cruel 
tlood  ftiil  fl)cking  into  that  rich  country,  thej 
refolved  n®w  to  delay  the  time  no  longer,  but  t®  • 
•ommit  theinfelvcs,  wives  and  children^,  with  itll 
thut  was  moft  dear  and  precious,  to  the  fncrcy  of 
that  inconflant  element,  rather  than  trufl  to  ih3 
barb  verity  of  their  own  fpecies*  They  who  cams 
cutof  the  lower  Kgypt,  weae  refoived  to  crofsths 
great  fea,  and  with  immenfe  labour  were  forced 
10  carry  their  materials  partly  by  land,  till  thejr 
«amc  to  the  outer nr. oil  branch  at  the  Nile,  fince 
th-ir  enemies  coming  over  the  Iflhmus,  tho'  they 
kindered  thtm  from  going  out  of  iheir  country  by 
land,  unlefs  by  the   dcfeits,    yet  had  not  tiken 

*•  jjofltirioa'of  that  pari  of  the  country. 

It  isncedlefsto  recount  their  cries  andlamen- 
lations  at  their  leaving  their  dear  country.  1 
iiali  only  teJl  you,  that  t];cy  ventured  into  the 
grci.t  fea,  wliich  they  cro.Ted,  and  never  floppcj 
^1  they  came  t^another  fea,  on  th€  fides  of  which 


t'nev  fi)fc(i  their  habi:ation,t'iait  thcf  mi^l^t  §«  A^ 
■  gain  in  cafe  they  were  purfa.cl.  This  wc  learnt 
tn,m  thr  account  of  our  ancedors  w])o  met  witli 
fcinic  of  tlK!Ti  thai  came  to  vifu  the  tombs  ot  theif 
dcceaf.a  patents  as  we  do  ;  bm  it  tsan  inncnfa 
time  fitice,  we  never  heard  anj  more  oi  ihcm. 

Thr  o:her  part,  v»ho  were  much  the  ^re3t^ 
•u;nber,   went  Jowa  the  IclTrr  f.a,    [the  Luxin* 
fa,!  having  built  I'ticir  ihips  on    mat    lea  j    thcf 
ncvt^nly^'^ri  or  totichcd  o.i  either  fiJe,    ttU  thcf 
c-ne  to  a  narrow  pan  of  it,  which  led  ihem   iivt* 
th-    Ti.fi    oce.in,    ilv/rc   they   turned    oif  to  tne 
IcU  into  the  E.Ilorr.  S.a,  b-jt  whether  they  wcrj 
r^Jlowcd  iipinthc  merc»lcf$  abvfs,   ®r    carried 
into  fome  tmlinown  rigionf,   wc  cninct  tc;h,  tor 
lh:v  wcr-  n.vci  heard  o(  mor^.      O^^if   ot    Ut« 
Tears,  wc  huve  he.rcl  t;;lka!  Grand    Cairr>    of  4 
Vcvv  numerous  and  civilized  nation  in  t.ie  Later, 
•arts  ot  ihe  worl-!,  whole  laws  and  cuft->m$  -lave 
fomeiefr^nblancctoMi-^  ;  ^ut    w.v>,  anJ    what 
iii-y  are.  we  cannot  uH,  lincc  wc  bafc  ncfcr  »£♦ 
Uith  tnjr  of  lhw«.  . 

Tut  father  of  onr  nation,  fk\-\zz  vrc  fcparatef 
•urr.lvti  from  the  rot  oi  the  world,  who  wai 
•  ricft  ot  ri)e  fun  at  W.>-om,  exited  attcrwards  by 
Ihafc  mlfcreantf  No-A^mon,  kccaufe  of  th< 
temple  otllamrnon,  wai  not  alhep  in  this  gen- 
tral  conac;na :io«  i  bai  did  not  as  yrl  think  thef 
would  co«nc  up  i\>  hi-h  into  the  land.  However, 
lie  thought  proper  to  hiok  out  f<7r  a  place  to  ie- 
furc  himfclf  and  tamil/  in  cafe  of  need.  He 
^a5tbedcrccndant,in  a  dirert  line,  from  th« 
treai  Thacih  ;  and  wiS  perf^aiy  fcrfjd  in  all 
iU  ic Wftc J  kiv^ccj  9i  lii6  ^kflvcliv^rs,     lie  gueJcl 


tt^re  mufl  cerrahily  be  foTie  habitable  country 
b^-yoad  thofe  dreadful  f^nJi  that  furround^d  hJiTl, 
if  he  could  b'At  fi;i  i  a  way  to  it,  vf  here  he  rrtight 
(<icurchimr:lf  and  family  ;  at  leaf\  till  thofc  trou- 
bles were  over  :.  for  hs  did  not  at  that  ii[ne  \h\n^ 
cf  leaving  his  native  cojotry  for  goai  and  TiU. 
Bit  like  a  true  father  ot   hh  pcrple,  which   the 

r  Rameof  Pophar  implies,  h«  vras  rtfilTid  to  ven- 
ture his  own  life,  rither  tha-i  cxp'>ri  his  vrligAe 
familj  to  be  lofl  in  ihok  diiizvA  dcfaris. 

He  had  five  fons,  and  five  dai!ghfcr$  ^>^3rried  t© 

as  many  f-^ns  and  daui^hters  c>t  his  dfCe-ifed  broiia- 

.  er.     His  two  eldeftfons  hadcvon  grandchildren^ 

y  ^ur  his.two  youngcft  fons  as  th^fn  had  no  child- 
ren. He  left  the  government  and  care  of  ail  i© 
his  cldeft  Ton,  in  calb  he  ilrouli  mifcarry,  and 
took  his  two  youngt:iV  Tons  who  might  belt  ba 
fpared,  along  with  him.  Haviui^  pirovided  them- 
felves  with  water  for  l£n  days  with  bread,  an4 
^ried  f)-uits,juft  enough  to  fubfi'Von,  he  was  r«- 
foived  to  try  five  days  journey  end  ways  thro' 
thofc  fands,  and  if  he  (a/V  no  hoi'.-s  of  making  a 
riiicovery  in  that  time,  to  return  again  before  his 

^  provifions  were  foe:\t,  and  then  try  the  ume  cac- 
♦iiod  towards  another  quarter* 

Im  fhort,  he  ftt  cnt  Tvlth  al!  fecrecy,  and 
pointing  !iis  courfe  dircfliy  VV^Ilward,  tlie  bet-- 
tcir  to  guide  himielf,.he  came  to  the  firit'  grove 
that  Wv.*  arrived  to,  in  a  liiils  more  time  than  wc 
took  up  in  coming  thither.  Ilavin;^  noAv  tiine 
tnoiigh  before  him,  and  fjjeinjj  there  was  water 
and  fruiisin  abu;Kl-incc,  hciximined  the  extent 
•f  that  delicious  vale  ;  Ho  found  there  was  too  n 
taou^hta  maiiiuin   a  ^re^t  naany  iliouLnJs  in 


Sd  ti/t  i^  Ad%tnturef    of 

cafe  they  niculd  incrc*(c,  and  be  forced  te  t«^ 
there  fomc  peiicrailoiif,  ai  in  cfftdl  llcy  did.  Af- 
ter ihis  ihcy  l^iJ  in  provifioi  I  as  befure,  witK 
fruits  fjr  tr.J  re  dtliciou*  than  were  ever  fcen  tM 
Ej.ypt,  TO  encourage  thctn  inihtir  iranfnugraiion,. 
and  to  fet  ouia^ain  loi^his  naiivc  country. 

The  time  pcrfixed  forhis  return,  wajclapfcd 
bv  his  fta)  in  vicv\  ipg  the  coiintiy  ;  fo  that  hit 
rtople  hud  ciitirtly  given  him  up  for  \v{i.  Bui 
the  jcy  lor  hi*  iincxj^c^td  return  with  ihc  prom- 
jfing  hopes  ot  fueh  a  fale  and  happy  retreat, mad« 
them  unaninxi'fly  rcralvtd  to  follow  him.  Where- 
fore, on  the  fiiil  ncwsoJ  the  HiLkfoci  bung  in 
Bneiion  again  ;  they  packed  i;p  all  then  effcils 
ar.d  provihons  :>s  privately  at  they  could  ;  but 
particiilaily  aJl  the  moniirnents  of  arts  and  fcicn- 
€es  left  by  thtir  anttfloij,  wiih  notes  and  ob- 
fcrvaiions  of  every  part  of  thtir  dear  country, 
%ii!chthty  were  {^t;ir:g  »oleaAe,  but  hoped  to  fc« 
a^iiin  v>Jien  the  ftorm  w^  over. 

• 

Thiy  arrived  irviihcut  any  corfulcrable  diraf- 
t*r,  ai  d  rtfclvcd  only  to  live  iu  tents  till  they 
could  return  into  their  native  country.  As  thef 
jrcrtifcc  in  i.unibcr,  they  delccnded  further  in- 
to the  vale,  which  the  re  began  to  fpread  it  fclf 
•liflcrfui  wa)«,  and  provided  thtm  with  all  necef- 
faiiis  ardcenvrnienccs  of  life  ;  fothat  they  lived 
in  the  li 2 1  pit  11  b.ii.ilhmer.t  they  ce^uld  wifh,  but 
sever  fiijjtdeui  ct  thjt  vale  for  fiveral  years,  fof 
ftaroidilcovcjy.  The  Pophar  finding  hiuifelf 
j;roAT  old  (having  attained  aln-\ofl  to  aoo  ytais  of 
iig< ),  tho  hf  w  1%  tall  and  (Iron <»,  tor  h:»  years,  rc- 
lolved  to  vjfu  his  native countiy  once  more  be- 
&K  ht>  cki),  ai^dkjiia  Tvk^t  ncivi  kc   «(»u}d  for 


il\z  eemmon  fntcrcft  ;  fo  he  and  two  rndre  A\C^ 
grjifcfl  tbemfclves  and  repaired  the  defarts   again* 
They  j"^  ventured  at  firft  into  the  borders  of  tha 
country  :   but  al  .s  when  he  cdme  there,   he  fo^ijnd 
all  the  country  over-run  by  thofc  barbarous  Hick- 
foe?.     All  the  poor  renriainS  of"  the  Mczzoraniant 
were  made  nave5  ;  and  thefe  barbiarlins  had   be- 
'gun  to  build  habitations,  and  cftablifii  them felvcs, 
as  if  they  defi^ned  never  more  to  depart  ihe  coun- 
try.    They  had  made  No- om  one  of  their  chief 
towns,  where  they  erefl^d  a  temnle  to  their  R^am- 
God,*  calling  it  No-Hamtnon  ;  v/ith    fuch'  in-. 
hump.n  laws  and  cruelties,  as  drew  a  flood  of  teart 
fro!n  his  aged  eyttst.     When  he  had    made  what 
obfervations  he  could,  and  hid  vifited  the    tombi 
of  his  forefathers,   he  returned  to  the  vale,  and  di- 
«d  in  that  place-where  youfAVV  the  pyramid  built 
^o  hii  memory. 

Nor  many  fenerations  after,  "the  M<*2Z0i^ni..' 
iins  being  made  dcTperatc  by  the  tyrannical  op- 
•picdicn  of  the  Hickfocs,  were  forced  to  break 
jn  upon  their  primilive  la'»vs,  which  forbad 
them  (lieddiiig  of  blood  ;  inacfc  a  general  infiirrec- 
tion,  andcallini^  in  their  ncighhours  round  a'bo:it, 
fell  u^.  on  the  Hick  foes  when  ihcy  Icait  cxp'e(Sl:ccl 

it 
L 

*  J  »p  t*r  Hirnni)n,  whj)m  Hocliari  _prov<fS  to 
ti;»ve  been  Ham  or  Chivm.  the  r-)n  of  N-^nh,  W2S  rc- 
prcfr?n  e^  vriili  a  Ram's  II:.:d,  whjc'.i  *va9  hcjd  it% 
fiicli  abomination  by  thr  i7ril  Roypu^nt,  from 
ivhrnc::  they  cn]]c'm  thoff  !«.  rt  invrttirr*  H-ckfrg. 

f  h  11  h<rr«  m-a^t  n-jfy'-J^Vj^  Ai't%t  fi  iuf-  m^ns  in 
A'^'^nity  ;  or  iU«  cruel  iJu  /rif,  wha  fACiifi^td  iii« 


#1  £/<'   (S  JJxe:Uuret    if- 

It,  ind  drore  them  out   of  the  conntrj*.       The^ 
were  headed  by  a  brave  rnanot  amixt   race,    hit 
wiolhcr  b<"ir'.g  a  beautiful  McziorJr.ian,  and    his 
fatlier  a.Sii)  sn*.      After  this    your.^  corqucror 
^2d  driven  out  the  Hick  furs,  he  tftablifhtd  a  ncwr 
form  of  [prernmciii,  inakir.j;  himfcll  kiug   over 
hii$  brcth.rcn,  but  n«>t  attcr  the  tyrannical  manner 
•f  llie  Hickfocf,  and  grew  very  powerful.     Our 
•  nceftors  feni  gerfons  Ironi  tin^c   to    time  to    in- 
form thcmfcUrj  how  matters  went.  Tiicy  found 
ihckiiigdom  in  a   flouriihing  conciition  indeed, 
under  thie  conquering  Sofs,  lor  fo  he  >vas  calU-d. 
lie  and  his  fuccellors  had  made  it  one  of  the  nn^\i 
powerful  kingdoir.s  of  tlie  cartli  ;    but    tlic   lavvi 
were  different  Irom  what  they  had    been     in    the 
lime  of  our  anccfiois,    or   even   from    thcfc    tliC 
great  St>fs  had  cllablilhcd.     S  'ine  of  his    fucccl- 
furs  bc£;an  to   be    veiy    tyranftic;il   ;     they    n^ade 
il:ivcs  of  their  brothers,  and  invented  a  new    re- 
ligion ;  feme  adoring  ilie  fun,   foir.e  the  Gods  of 
the  Mick  foes  i   fo  that   ojir    anccflors,  iho'    they. 
might  have  returned   again,     as   they  could   r«ot 
think  of  altering  their  law  s,  chofe  rather  to  con- 
tinue iiill  in  that  valcundtr  their  patriarchal gi'V- 
trnment.     Nevcrthclels,  in  proccfs  of  time  thejr 
•ncrcafcd  fo  much,  that  the  country  was  not    ca- 
pable of  maintaining  them,   foihatthey  had  been' 
wbligcd  to  nrtarn  had  not  another  RtYoluiion,  in 
S^ypt  forced  them  to  f<.ck  out  a  new  habitiition.' 

This 


•  Ihefe  Sitcnns  were  the  dcfcendnnta  r(  f  me  uf 
Ihc  fwiii  of  Cliulh,  or  Chufs,     a   very   \z,\    rt:ce   oV 
■»-n,  jrear  Tjcgctittoii^  and  mute  Duiii*  than   tlii 
•iiacr  AraLiaiii. 


if/>7#r  Gaodixtio  Di  Lucca.         ^ 

Th  IS  change  was  made  by  a  race  of  peop1« 
talkd  Cniinim*,  as  wicked  and  barbarous  in  cf- 
fc(f>,  but  more  poliiick  than  tiic  Hick. foes  ;  be- 
ing driven  out  ot' their  own  Country,  by  Gth'*r# 
more  powerful  than  thcmfelves,  they  caaie  potir- 
ing  in,  notonlv  ovct  all  the  land  of  Mezrcaim, 
but  all  along  the  coa(^  of  both  fea~,  d:!troying  all 
before  ihcm,  wltii  greater  ^bominatioiis  tha/i  the 
Hickfocs  hid  ever  brcn  guihy  of.  Here  our  fore- 
fathers were  in  the  inolt  dreadful  co  ifiernauoa 
imaginable.  Tiisi-e  was  now  no  piofpsdl  of  ev- 
er returning^into  their  ancient  country.  They 
were  furroundcd  wiih  dcfvirison  all  fides.  The 
place  they  were  in  began  to  be  too  narrow  for  f* 
many  thoufands  as  they  were  incrcafeJ  to  :  nay^ 
they  did  not  know  but  tlie  wicked  Cnsnim  mi^ht 
(ind  them  out  fomc  time  or  other. 

B21NG  in  thisdidrefs,  they  rcfolved  to  fee& 
out  a  new  habitation  ;  and  to  this  end  they  coin- 
pared  all  the  noies  and  obftrvations  on  the  heav- 
ens, the  courfe  of  the  fun,  the  feafons  and  natur« 
of  the  climate,  and  whatever  elle  might  dlre<5fc 
them  what  cotirfe  to  fteer.  They  did  not  doubB 
but  that  there  might  be  fome  habitable  countries 
i.n  the  midil  of  thofe  vafl  de farts,  peihaps  as  de- 
Hciops  as  the  vale  they  lived  in,  if  thsy  could 
but  couie  at  them.  They  fent  out  fome  pcrfons 
to  make  uifcovcries,  but  without   fuccefs.     Th« 

fandtf 


*  Fhefr  in  all  aj)pC3rtir.CiJ  wcreihe  wicked  Chan* 
aneaiii,  v.'ho  being  to  b^  dellroytd,  ar.d  being  driv» 
CM  out  of  Cfimaan  by  Jcfhaa,  di''pfrfe<Uhenifelvcf»| 
aiiti  invaded  the  gr^nttit  piil  oi  tUt  f&uatTitf 
rtuiid  ab«ui  ibcut. 


0^  £//<'  !5*  Aavenfurih  tf 

imii  were  too  vaA  to  travel  over  withnut  WitcUp 
tmi  tlicy  cculd  tii.d  no  fpiinps  nor  rivers  ;  at 
Jtn^ih  the  mod  fs^acicHs  of  them  bfgan  to  re- 
llc<5^,  that  the  annual  ovcjflowing  ox  the  great 
aivcr  Nile,  whofc  bead  couh!  r.cvtr  be  found  out, 
rnuit  proceed  from  Ionic  prodigious  rains  whicU 
icil  fomc where  Southward  of  them  afeout  that 
tin.c  oi  llic  year  ;  which  rains,  if  tliey  could  bur 
lu<:hiiy  n"»eci  Nviih,  might  r»ot  only  fupply  thcni 
with  water,  hut  alfo  lender  the  country  fertilo 
V' he  re  they  fell.  Accoriliugly  the  cliicf  I\)phar 
tf^^ftcd  wiih  fomc  of  the  wlfii^  men,  /;encioi.Qy 
jciolvcd  to  run  all  riixs  to  fave  h\^  people.  They 
computed  the  exact  fcifonv^hcn  the  Nile  over- 
Huwcd,  and  allowed  for  the  thiic  the  waters  muil 
\s.]i-i  in  coiriir;^  down  fa  far  cs  Egypt.  They 
thought  therefore,  if  ihcy  could  but  carry  water 
enough  to  fupj)]y  ihcn^  till  ihcy  iFiet  with  thef« 
jsins,  ihey  woiiiJ  hzl^  ihcm  to  go  ou  l\u^ 
iijcr. 

At  length  five  of  llicm  frt  out  vsith  ten  drom* 
•darier,  carrying  as  muvMiwa  crand  pruvifions  as- 
n^ii;hl  f'.rve  t hern  for  fifteen  d^ys  to  biing  them 
bacl;  ngain  in  cafe;  there  was  no  hopes.  They 
(leered  their  courfi;  is  v>'c  did,  iho'  not  quite  fo 
rX2(St  the  firll  lime,  till  they  cajiie  to  the  place, 
ivhtie  v/c  2.ic  now.  Mere,  as  their  obftrvafiona 
tell  us,  rhty  fonct  a  liitlt  rivivlct,  wiiich  is  finca 
/wallowed  up  by  ilie  funds,  they  filled  their  vtf- 
fcls  and  went  up  toobfcrv.c  as  v,c  did.  But  fee-*, 
ipg  the  figns  of  the  great  hui  ricanes,  that  wliicli 
Was  our  grcatcfl  encouragement^  had  like  to  hav3 
driven  ihem  into  dtTpair  i  for  tiie  Pophar  ihoughi 
Vli^ii  ihcj?  i]iuul4  <;ciuinly   be  fvv  alio  wed   up    in 

thoi«| 


Signer  G A  tr  D  K ir  1 1  o  » J  L  r  c  eA . 

thorfe  rtifling  whirlpools.  This  apprchenfioit 
made  hi:n  lay  aiide  all  thoughts.of  proceeding  to* 
Wirds  that  climate  \  v^tmI  now  his  chief  care  wa* 
how  to  get  back  again  with  faFety  for  himfeif  and 
his  people.  |But  finding  all  continue  tolerably  fc- 
rcne  where  they  were,  ihcy  mad*  shall  in  order 
to  make  fonie  farther  obiervaiions.  In  the  mean 
tinae,  they  rcile6led  that  thofa  hurricftiics  mull  b© 
loic-runncrs  of  tcnnpcfts  and  rain. 

Then  they  remembered  that  no  rain,  or  wha? 
was  very  inconfiderablc  ever  fell  in  Egypi*,  of 
fur  a  great  way  South  of  it,  till  they  ca;ne  within 
thetropicks;  (q  they  concluded  ihat  the  rains 
muft  lun  parallel  with  the  equator,  both  under  it.,.. 
and  for  fomc  breadth  on  both  fides,,  till  they  mc? 
the  rife  of  the  river  Nile,  and  there  caufed  thof^j 
vart  inundations  that  v.erc  {o  hard  to  be  agcountetl 
for  by  other  people.  That  rn  fine,  thofe  faini 
iiiuil  continue  a  confiderable  while,  and  probab- 
ly tho'  beginning  with  tempefVs-,  ii^ighr  contiaixc 
in  fettled  rain  capable  of  being  pa  (fed  thro'.  Thca 
he  at  Hrft  refolved  to  venture  bacic  again  to  iha 
firit  vale  r  ^iM  being  a  man  of  great  prudence, 
lie  prcfcntfy  confiderL-d,  that  as  he  eoiild  not  pro-- 
ccvd  Gri  his  Vvay  vviihout  r.;ins>  (b  he   could    not 

CO  Hit 


*  r  his  i,j  we!!  kuowc  by  ?U  the  deftripLiurss  of- 
th  it  country,  ihQ  inurida(ic;i  ofriie  Nile  iupp  y  =  ''^J 
I  lie  want  ot  it,  anci  making  it  one  of  the  intll  tcr* 
tif'f  k»!)|^jcJ<jni3  in  the  world  ;  every  cue  kr.owa  it 
wna  once  the  p,ranar;/  of  ihf  Rojnan  Eaipirr.  How- 
ever, fame  fsD.iUtain  fall  lonieciines  ;  nor  ii  ihtrfl^ 
any  niorehig,hei  »j>  in  the  couiiiry.  TneoTeiflow* 
ipe;  of  tlic  Nile  is  known  to  be  caufed  by  v,il}-  raiii* 
^iiir^  und-;r  iht  liac^  m  titb^uv  iljtitc. ];*;&;«• 


le^^  t'fti^  AJvrtfurn  $f 

come  !5act  apainbut  hy  the  fame  help,-  -^liic^  • 
corftirjg  only  a!*one  fc-ifcn,  muft  talrc  up  a  Whol« 
.ycsV before  l»c  cui.I!  niurn.  }-i">wevcr,  he  fvat 
rcfolvcd  to  venture  on,  not  doubling  if  he  coulJ 
but' find  a  habitable  country,  he  fh-julJ  alfo  had 
fruit? encugh  to  OibHll  on,  tlil  the  next  fvafo;!. 
1'hc rctorc  lie  orJirrd  two  of  his  companions  to 
rettirr.  the  fame  way  they  Cimr,  to  icll  his  peo- 
ple not  totxpcd^  liim  till  the  next  year,  if  provi- 
dence Oiould  bring  him  back  a^ain  :  but  if  he  did 
rot  return  by  thetinne  of  the  ovciflowing  of  the 
Kile,  or  thereabouts,  lliea  ib.ey  might  give  him 
ov;r  for  loft,  and  mull  Jicvcr  attempt  that  ivay 
any  more. 

Tnr.Y  took  their  leaves  of  one   another,    and 
fct  out  tit  the  ramc  lime,  two  of  them   for    their 
hi^me  in  the  fall  vale,     and    llie  other    tlirec  for 
thpfc  unknown  regions, being  deflitute  of  all  other 
helps  bui  thofe  oi  a  conragvous  mind.  The  tiirc* 
came  back  to  tb.is  place,   w  here  it  thundered    and- 
lightened  a»  it  does  now  :   but    the    Popharobfcr- 
Tcd  it  ftill  tended  fidc-wjys,    and   gucircd    when 
the  f.ri^  violence  was  ovijr,   the   rains   might   b»  . 
niorc  fctilcd.     The  next  day   it    fell   out   as   h« 
fordaw  ;  as  foon  iis  he  perceived  that,  he  launch- 
ed boldly  out  into  thai  valt  ocean  oM'inds  &  rain^ 
fleering  his  courf^    Souihwcd,    rather   inclining 
tovvard)>  the  Soutii.     Tiicy    went   as    far   as  iho 
heavy  fands  and  rains  UMuld  let  il:em,    till    th-ir 
dromedaries  could  hardly  go  any  tun  her.     Tiietii 
they  pitched  their  tenis  and  retrefhed  themfclvc?^. 
»n  order  to  undergo  v.z'S  labour  \     they   obfervcd- 
the  fands  to  be  of  a  ditfrrcnt  kind  from  what  they' 
kiid  been  bithsrto^  fu  tine,  that  any  gull  of  wind-' 


#i/ff?f  Gaud E tit; d&t  LtfeeA.        ^1 

,  inuft  overwhelm  m;in  and  bcaft,  Only  the  rsin# 
.»,|jad  clogged  them, 

They  went  0**1  thus  for  ten  day?,  till  the  rami 
began  to  abate,,  then  they  fciw  their  lives  or  dcathi 
"Would  foon  be  determined.      The   eleventh  day 
the  ground  began  to  grow  harder  in  patch£S,with 
here  and  there  a  little  mois  on    the  fvirface,   and 
now  and  then-a  fmall  M^ithered  Ihrub,*     Th;s  re- 
vived their  hopes,  that  thcv  faould  find  good  land 
In  a  (hort  time,  and  in  effeft  the  foil  changed  for 
the  belter  every   ftep  .  they    took.      The    twelfth 
And  thirteenth  day  cleared  all   their   doubts,  and 
brought  them  into  a  country,.  vs,hich  tho*  not  ve- 
ry ttrtile,  had  both  v\'ater  and  fruits,  with  a  hope- 
...ful  profpedt  further  on  of  hills  and  dales  all  hab- 
'  itablc  and  fiouriiliing.     \Vhcn  they  had   repo(ed 
themfclvcs  for  fome  days,  they  proceeded  t''urther 
jnto  t^ne  country,  which  they  found  10  mend  upon 
them  the    more    they   ad'^anced   into  it.       They 
knew  they  were  not  to  return  till  next  next  year^ 
fo  they  fought  the  propereil  place  for  their    habi* 
tation.     They  fet    up  marks  at  every  moderate 
diftancc  not  to  lofc  their  vyay  back  again*     They 
made  for  the  higheO"  hills  they    could    fee,   from 
iv'hencc  they  perceived  an  immenfc  and    dc;l!ci.ou» 
country  every  way  ;  but  to  their  greater  fatisfac* 
lion^  no  inhabitants. 

T«EY  wandered  thus  at  pteafure  thro*  thofs 
tiatural  gardens,  where  there  was  a  perpetual 
fpring  in  fome  kinds  ol  the  produce  of  the  eartri, 
and  the  ripcnefi  of  auMimn  wiih  the  molt  cxqui- 
fite  truiis  in  others.  Tbey  kept  the  moll  exact 
«bf<iryatio'*5  poffible^  which  eycr  v»ay  they  v.ent^ 

tlier« 


I<8  %\fe  \i  AJiJinf^r.'t  9f 

there  Wffe  n<?t  duly  fprings  and  fonntain«  Irt  il 
bundance,  but  as  they  gutifcd,  for  they  kept  tb< 
lii-;licr  ground,  t!ic  heads  of  great  rivers  and  Likely 
fcjine  oj  which  ihcy  faw,  till  they  were  fa'isficd 
there  was  room  enough  tor  whole  nations  withfc 
cut  any  danger,  as  ihey  Could  fiiidj  of  being  'di{w 
turbcJ. 

UciKft  come  back  lO  their  firfl  fla-Icn,  the^ 
there  walred  the  proprr  fcaf.  n  for  their  rciurn. 
The  rrfinscamc  f(»nicthing  fcxiner  ihan  the  year 
before,  bcca^iTe  they  wfi-e  further  Weiiward. 
The  lr.irricin:!S  vcre  nothing  like  What  thrywcrd 
inthr  vail  fands.  As  foon  as  they  be^^an  to  fix  ia 
fttiUd  ra'ns,  they  fct  out  agaih  aS  hetore,  and  in 
twenty  days  timj  fronn  th'ii  lafl  fctling  out, hap- 
j)iU  arrived  at  the  platrc  Where  tlicy  left  thctr 
dear  friends  and  rt-'atton?;  whof^*  joy  tor  their 
Tafc  and  hjppv  arrivril  was  t^r'eatcV  than  I  can  pre- 
tend to  dcTciibe.  Tinii  this  Immortal  hero  ac- 
complilhcd  )i»s  great  undertaking,  fo  nntich  tnor« 
glorious  than  all  the  vic\orics  of  the  greatcft  con- 
Ij'.icror*,  as  it  was  pioje£ltd,  fc-rnied,  and  execu- 
ted by  his  own  wUdoiti  and  courage  ;  not  by  cx- 
pofmg  and  facrificing  the  livefJ  ot  thoufaadiof  his 
Tufejecls,  hut  by  expofing  his  own  lite  for  tha 
iafety  of  tbofe  that  depended  on  him. 

It  \Tere  tf;o  tedious  to  recount  to  my  rca'^eri 
iVi  the  diiirculneS  and  troubles  they  had,  both  in 
rerdving  to  undertake  fuch  a  hazardous  tronfmi- 
graiion,  as  wt  il  as  ihofe  of  tranfportinf^  fuch  a 
truhiiucie,  and  uil  ihcir  ^'ff"c('^s  oter  thofo  merci- 
Iclsf.inds,  which  ihcy  could  only  x>^^^  at  out 
fear<*uof  tiis   ^car.      fivt   ihe    ¥-7a^e    being  a; 

iengtk 


Strnsr  Gavdiktio  di  Lucca.         Sf 

length  refolvedcn,  and  the  good,  Pophar  wifeljr 
confidcring  the  difficulties,  necenity  the  mother 
of  invention,  urging  him,  at  the  fame  time,  to 
gain  as  much  time  as  he  could,  fince  the  vale 
where  they  were  at  prcfcnt  was  fuflicicnt  to  main- 
tain them  till  the  rains  came  ;.  got  all  his  people- 
hither  in  the  mean  time,  to  be  ready  for  the  fea- 
fon.  The  new-born  children  were  Itlt  with 
theif  mothers,- and  people  ta  take  care  of  them, 
till  they  were  able  to  bear  the  fatigue.  TIuis,  ia 
ftvcn  yc?r$  time,  going  backwards  and  forwards 
every  fcr.fon,  they  all  arrived  {z^t^  where  wb 
ouifelvcs  hope  to  be  in  ten  or  twdvc  dayt  time* 
Here  he  ended  his  relation- 

Bv  this  time,  the  Pophar  ordered  us  to  re  f re  ill 
©urklves,  aud  prepare  all  things  for  our  departure, 
tho'  the  ilorm  of  thunder  and  lightning  did  not 
ceafe  til:  tovinrds  iTiOrning.  At  length  all  ihingi 
were  ready  for  motion  ;  fo  we  marched  eafily  on, 
till  Vve  cst»:e  hito  the  coui-fc  of  the  rains.  Oa 
each  (idc  of  the  dromedaries,  there  was  open  vcf- 
felsftxid,  to  C2*cl> water  for  our  ufe  ;.  we  were 
alfo  provided  with  fins  oil  clcth>  for  the  purpofe 
efccv.'iing  otirlelves  and  hearts.  All  t!^c  fands 
were  laid,  and  even  beaten  hard  by  the  rains, 
tho*  heavy  and  tloggy  at  the  fame  time..  We 
made  as  iTuchway  as  ever  we  could  for  five  i^ys^ 
ju(t  reithig  and  rcfrefhing  ouifelves  when  it  wa» 
abfal'jtely  necefiary  ;  riothin^^  ccL;ld  be  more  dif- 
mal  than  ihofe  dreary  folitary  deferts,  where  we 
ccuid  neither  fee  fun  nor  moon,  but  had  only  a 
gloomy,  malignant  light,  juft  fufficicnt  to  look 
at  the  needle,  and  take  our  obfervations.  On  the 
£2Lth  day   ^c  thought  vrc  faw  fomething  move 

M  iidewayfl 


y»  Life   tj  A'^v-^yit'^rn    ^         > 

fiJcvTaysof us,  on  our  li^lit  h.ind  but  rccmSngfy- 
padi.ig  by  us,  \s\^^'l^\  one  ot  the  young  rr.tn  Ciicd, 
**  ih^rclhey  are,"  ai:d  immcdiitLly  croll'cd  dovva 
to  thcin.  Then  we  perceived  them  to  be  pcifoni 
travelling  hkc  ourftlvcs,  crc-lling  in  the  fam« 
maniicr  up  tovvaius  us.  I  was  exticmel)'  furprl- 
2e«l  lo  find,  that  ifiofe  deferts  were  known  to  any 
bui  ouifelves.  But  the  Fophar  foo'i  put  mc  out 
oKpuii^,  by  tciling  fv.e,  th-v  viere  fomc  ot  ti:fir 
o.vn  people,  takln^^  the  fame  fcafon  to  go  {^t 
Egyp  ,  andon  iLc  fame  account.. 

Bv  this  time  we  were  ccmcup  to  one  another. 
The  leader. of  the  other  c^r.iVun,  with  all  hi« 
•  company,  i:rmied;atc!y  got  offi.hcir  dromedaries, 
and  f'jll  prollrate  on  tie  eajfh  before  cur  pojdiar  ; 
ai  which  he  ftepptd  back,  and  cryed,  <*  Alas  !  is 
cue  failier  dead  r"  They  told  him,  yes;  and 
that  he  btirig  the  firft  of  the  f^^cojid  line,  was  to 
hz  Regent  of  the  kingdonj,  liil  ilie  }ourjg  Po- 
phs^  who  was  born  s<\\i:.\\  his  father  was  an  c?'J. 
ri.ap,  fiiould  ccnic  ic  the  age  ol  H'ty.  Tnen  our 
people  got  off,  and  prollratcd  tlienifclvts  before 
him,*  all  but  tr.yfclt  •,  as  foon  as  the  cerenr.onies 
vcrc  over,  they  came  and  embraced  mc,  and  wtU 
coined  mc  Hjto  their  briJthcrhood  with  the  nu>il 
fincerc  ccrdialiry,  a.'iitl  had  btrtn  one  of  thtir 
iiiiiyn  The  Pi^piiar  foon  told  thenrj  what  I  Wury 
whi(:ii  maile  them  ...peat  their  cartil'cs- with  ne\r 
cxtafKS  o1  joy  pcculi.ir  to  thofc  people.  Tha 
Pcphar  Lfk.d  then),  how  they  came  to  diri.<ii 
their  cotjrle  fo  inuch  on  the  lett  hand,.  exp<.6li:ig 
to  hxvc  met  ihciu  ihc  day   before  ;    they  told  us 

that 


•  The  E^dcrn  mannc;  cf  fiitwingrefpidl. 


that  but  the  day  before  they  had  like  to  h^yc    lolt 
tnemfeivciby  thedarknefsQf  the    weather,    and 
their  too  great  feciuity  j  for.  bearing  too  much  o:i 
the  left  hand,  one  of  their  dromedaries   fiounder- 
c&,  as  if  he  were  got  into  a  qiiickfa.id^^     Th«   ri* 
dcr  immediately  difmounted,  and  wiih   To    much 
halte,  that  the  poor  bead-  goin.^  on   further   intu 
the  qinck^rands,waj  lo(L     The  Poph^r  then  toU 
tiiem,  that  there  w.a5  fuch  a  place   marked  dowa 
^.   in  thejr  ancient  charts,  which,  b-inv  fo  well  ac 
qiMinted  with  the  road..,  they  had  never  minded 
01  late  years  :  Thxt  he  ruppoledthofe  ouick. funds 
to  be  either  the  rains,  v/hich  had  funk   thro'    th« 
famis,  and  meeting  with  fome  ih^u  of  clay,  fti^. 
na^ed,  and  were  forming  a  Jake,  or  more  probab- 
i>',  it  was  the  courfeof  fome  diilarit  river,   rifinr? 
perhaps  out  of  a  habirabiecountry,at  an  unknown 
did^nce,    but  had  loH  iifcU   in  ihcfe   iainierJe 

Out,  time  not  allowing  us  to  (\zy   long,  cnc^ 

caravan  (et  out  ag.in  fcr^  their  dcilincd    courfe, 

having  out  five  or  iix  days  journey  to  make,  tha? 

:is,  as  far  as  wc  could  travel  in  Co  many  days  and 

[io  many  ni^^hts  j  for  we  never  ibpped  but  to  r^- 

ircflj 


^  ♦PciTvn^may  wonJcr  to  hear  of  qn?ck  rnnna 
Uti  the  ra;.i<t  ofih*  fun  burnt  dvfittsnf  Africa,  g^i 
the  thing  f7  ))  not  appear  i'o  improbable,  rvhcn  w« 
cosn«  to  exsMiinc  the  re'^fam  ct  ir.  Jt  ig  v^rv  vveli 
kno^n  there  are  vaa  lak>5  Jn  fom?  pnt»  of  Africn, 
jwlilcli  have  no  vifjb'eou^.iets  ;  there  arc  rivers  a?- 
fo  thn  (o.'e  ihr-mfflvfs  in  the  finuf?.  where  fink* 
Intr  Hcidsr  <.r(..me  !|m«,  ihrynjay  form  fiiilJ? 
waiihis^  or  cjuKk  fanOF,  a?  foajt  calls  ihtu), 


^ t  Lift  y  Advfnturti  ^ .         ^ 

frcfh  ourfc'ves.  Tbe  air  now  grew  muchcoqlcf^ 
ind  ihc  fiii^lus  longer.  The  tenth  day  of  cut 
journey,  i  mean  from  the  lalt  ^rovc  or  rcfting. 
pljcc,'onc  of  our  dromedaries  fjiiled  ;  they  would, 
not  let  \\  die,  for  the  good  ii  had  done,  but  two 
of  the  connpany  having  water  cnou^jh,  and 
knowing  where  they  were, Hood  behind,  lo  bring. 
ii  along  with  ihtm. 

We  now  found  the  nature  of  ihe  fands  and  foil- 
begin  to  change, as  the  Poj^har  had  informed  me  ; 
the  ground  began  to  be  covered  with  a  little  mofs, 
lending  towards  a  grccnfv/ard,  more  like   barren 
downs  than  fands  ;  and  I  pcrs^eiv'td  in    fen  ^  pla- 
ces uncxped^cdly,  inujad  ofihofs  buircngiuvcl- 
ly  fands,  large  fpacesof  toler.ijlc   good    loil  ;  at 
length  to  cur  intxprcflible  joy  and    ccnfort,  "wt 
came  to  patches  of  trees,    and    grafs,    v.ith   ian- 
tmg  falls  and  heads  of  vales  which   ftcmcd  tn  en- 
large themfclvts  beyond  our  view*.       The  raini 
ivcrc  come  to  their  ptricd  \  only  it  appcartd  a  lit- 
tle mifly  at  a  diflance  before  us,  which  was  part- 
ly fr-in  the  exhalations  cf  the    rtvintry  after  the 
raini«t,   partly  liom  the    trees  and   hills    fioppin^ 
tlic  clouds,  by  which  wc  found  that     the   we^ih- 
•r  did  net  clear  up  in  the     habitable   ccuntiie* 

fo 


•  Tie  prcdlgJcus  height  eftht  fands  irr  Afr'ca, 
Jii  iXicit  parts  which  lye  teiwren  the  ircpiiks,  iray 
n^to'.ily  be  ih«  cfofei /ihe  iands  cr  giavel  (inking 
in  greater  qijfliitititi  at  liic  decrcttfe  cl  tie  flccd  ; 
but  lite  mcil  exteiifivc  vaUs  may  have  their  liiii 
ircin  very  fuiall  gullcti  ai  fiilt. 

•f*  It  it  very  natural  to  think,  that  thcfe     barren 


fe  febn  as  in  the  barren  dcfarti.  The  pcrfumaf 
of  the  fpicy  fhrubs  and  i!j'*vers,  ftruck  our  fcnrf?f 
with  fuch  %  reviving  fragrancy,  as  made  us  alinoft 
forjct  our  pafl  fitigue,  cr|>iciAily  me  trho  htfi 
Rot  tclt  the  lik^,  even  in  the  firil  vale  :  neither  d» 
I  believcall  the  odours  of  the  W-^ppy  Ai'^bia  Cduii 
tvcr  Come  lip  to  it, 

HsRK  the  Pophar  ordered  us  to  flop  forreTrefh* 
"tnent,  and  abided  we  muft  ftay  thcrrtf  tiU  the  next 
tSay.  "  We  pitched  our  tents  on  the  lafl  dcfccnt 
of  th'ofc  irn-TJcnfe  bars,  by  the  fide  of  a  little  rill 
thatuTiied  ou\  o(  the  fmali  break  of  the  Downs^ 
•txpcdling  further  orders. 

Tff  E  caiifc  ofcurflay  in  that  place  was  nat 
%n]y  tipon  the  account  of  our  companions  that 
we  had  left  behind  us,  (now  that  we  were  out  of 
dani^er)  but  on  a  ceremonious  account,  as  mf 
readers  will  fee  by  and  by  ;  they  were  alfo  to 
;€hange  their  habits,  that  they  might  appear  in 
the  colours  of  their  rerpc<5tivc  tribe  or  name, 
which  were  five,  according  to  the  number  of  the 
fons  of  the  Srtl  Pophar,  who  brought  thern  out 
of  Ei^ypt,  v/hofe  ftatuc  we  Uv/  at  the  pyramid. 
'hy  their.  laws,  all  the  ti^tbes  arc  to  be  dilHngui- 
fii^d  by  their  colours  ;  that  wherever  th^y  go, 
th?y  rnay  be  kncv/n  what  name  they  belong  to, 
wiih  particular  marks  of  their  pods  and  dignities, 
us  r  uiall  d^fcribc  to  my  readers  afterwards, 
Ths  grand  Pophar's  colour,  who  Wis  dcfccnd-. 
cd  fro.TJ  the  elded  Ton  of  the  anticnt  Pophar,  wjf 
»  flame  colour,  or  approaching  ni-jjh  the  rays  of 
the  fun,  bccaufc  he  was/chief  pricft  of  the  fun, 
Q Ui:  nc VT  iCgc at 's  colour  wusgrctn  fpan^icd  wit!» 


J^  V/e  \d  livtixfUfti  if 

fin  of  ^f>'(?  1?  your  references  faw  in  \hf  i*M* 
ttire  ;  the  green  rrprcfciiting  I'nc  fpiing  tsljich  if 
r.ic  chief  rcaf"n  ▼>  i:h  tiicni.  The  third  colotjr  il 
n  fiery  red  for  the  fummcr.  The  fourth  is  yellow 
fnr  Ai.'nirw  ;  snd  ilic  fifth  purple,  rcprefentirg 
the  c;loon>iners  of  nintcj  ;  tor  thcfc  people  ack- 
»twtcHgitTg  the  fwn  for  the  immcdiaic  gcTernoiir 
•f  ihc  uniTcrfe,  mimick  the  iiaturtf  of  his  infiu^ 
tcvec  ai  nigb  at  they  can. 

Tm  womfn  Gbfcrrcthe  colourj  of  their  refi 

J^cftive  tribes,  but  have  moons   of    filvcr  inter- 

u^.ixt  with  the  funs,  to  O'.cw  th.at  they  ?.rc  iiifiu- 

•f»ceJ  in  a  great  meadirc  by  that  variable  plannet, 

9'he  yaiing  vifjiifis  have  the  new   mcon  ;    in  iht 

Rrcngth  ot  their  age  the  fiiil  moon  ;  as  they  grow 

«ild,  the  moon  is  in  t'ne  dccrcafc   prc^portionably. 

The  widows  have  the  moon  exprcHed  jiift  as  it  if 

in  ihcchani^c  ;  the  dcfcendants  of  the  daiightert 

ct  tltc  fird  ropliar    were   incorporated    Vvith    the 

'fff>.     Thofe  of  the  eldeft  daughter  took  the    cl- 

^cft  fon's  coKujr,  >vith  a  ir.ark  of  diflin6lion,   to 

fhcw  they  were  never  to  fiiccced  to  tlie    Popliar- 

<hip,  or  regency,  till  there  fiiohld  be  no   m^le   iC» 

4uC  ot  the  othcri  at  a^c  to  govern. 

This  right  of  eldcrfljip,  as  thcfc  penpic undef- 
Kand  it,  is  a  litile  inlricair,  but  I  (liall  explain  it 
♦o  the  reader  more  at  iar^c,  when  1  C(>m« 
lo  fpcak  more  partictjlarly  of  their  government. 
\Vhc^  they  are  fcnt  out  into  foreign  coiintiits, 
tiicy  take  what  hal)it  or  colour  they  pleafe,  snd 
j^cnerally  go  all  alike  to  be  knou':i  to  each  othrr, 
but  they  mufl  not  appear  in  their  own  country 
Imtijitlicir  proper  culuurSi  it  i«  criminal  to    d« 

«(U«rYvifc  ^ 


^^Yiirwlfc  ;  with  marks  alfo  of  their  families, thjf. 
iii  cafe  atjy  mirdt-meanar  (hould  b^  committf'^ 
they  may  know  where  to  trace  ii  out,  for  whk'i 
Tczfoaf  now  th«»y  draw  n«ar  their  o'^n  country, 
they  were  to  appear  in  th.c  coloiirs  of  aheir  rc-<, 
fpc(Slivc  names  ;  all  but  myfelF,  whohad  ih«famSk, 
garment  I  wore  at  Grand  Cairo,  to  (hew  I  was 
t  Granger,  tho*  I  wore  th«  Pophar's  colour  aflti- 
wards,  as  being,  hij  rcUtieD,  and  incorporated  la 
Ills  family. 

WniM  ihcy 'were  all  arrayed  in  thfir  filkea 
ttolsufs  fpangled  wit[i  funs  o^  gold,  with  whiter 
fillets  round  their  temples,  ftuddvsd  wiih  preclouj^ 
ftones,  they  mad«  a  very  delightful  Ihcvy.  Th^ 
fun  now  Lad  broke  thro*  the  cloud?,  and  difcov- 
«rcd  to  us  the  profpe£l  of  th«  country  •,  but  f«c?| 
m  one  as. I  am  not  able  to  defcribc  ;  at  that  di^K. 
tance  I  could  fee  nothing  but  trees  and  groves  i 
—whether  I  looked  towards  the  hills  or  vale?,  aS 
feemed  to  be  ®nc  continued  wood,  tho*  with  fam% 
fccmingly  regular  intervals  of  fquarcs  and  plain^^^ 
I  aiked  the  Pophar  if  they  lived  all  in  woods,  (JSk 
whether  the  country  was  only  one  continued  im^ 
tncnfe  foreil  ;  he  fmilcd  and  faid,  when  we  coma. 
thither  you  (hall  fee  fomiCthing  clfe  befidcs  wood^ 
The  reaf«n,  fays  he,  wliy  it  looks  like  a  wood,if^ 
that  j^efidcs  innuwerabie  kinds  of  friiiiS,  all  cut 
towns,  fquarcs  and  ilreeis,  as  well  as  ii:.id3  andk 
gardens,  are  planted  with  trees  both  for  dtlighf 
and  convenicncy,  tho'  you  will  find  fpare  ground 
enoiigb  for  the  produce  of  all  thitit;?  fulfic:ient  to 
n^akf  the  life  of  man  eafy  and  happy.  The  gliu 
Uringof  gold  wliicli  you  f<?e  tiiro'  the  tops  of.tb* 
%9(:i^  axe  golden  fas*  oa  w  10^,5  ttf  1L9  ump- 

IS3 


f9  t.lft  \S  A  thin  fur  I  i    tf 

Irs  and  buildings  ;  wc  build  our  houfcf  f!ji«  aitii 
low  en  account  of  hurricanes,  wiih  ^articiij  of 
Tcrfuintd  cvcr-grrprs  on  il.c  top  of  ihtm,  ^Thich 
A^  the  realun  you  fee  nothirg  but  ^roYcf. 

Wi  dtfccndeJ  f radiially  frc;m  off  t;,c  dLfuM 
%\,ii}  the  fcattcrcd  (hrubs,  and  were  filmed  cr- 
try  now  ami  fhen  uiih  a  gale  of  pertumcs.  At 
length  we  came  to  a  r[>;^cious  pl?in  a  little  Hicl- 
tin|,  and  covered  with  agrienilh  coa',  Lciwcen 
Irofs  arulgrafs,  vhich  was  the  utm'oft  borfJcr  of 
the  deiait,  and  btyond  it  a  f.iiall  rivcr^collrflcd 
from  the  hi  If:,  at  ii  were  weeping  out  of  the  fandu 
in  dultrent  plicc?,  which  rivci  was  Ihe  bound** 
ly  of  ihc^kinj;dom  that  way. 

Herk  wt  made  a  halt,  and  perceived  a  fnnaj 
company  of  ten  pcrfdnsequsll  to  out  number,  tx«» 
ccpt  n.yfcU,  advancing  ^^ravcly  towards  us  ;  the/ 
Vtrc  in  the  proper  colours  ot  the  JJonus  witb 
fp:;nglfd  fuxis  ol  gold,  51  rrr  con'.{>anions  wore, 
only  the  topi  of  their iicads"  were  fpriuklcd  wiili 
dultin  f:  onridn^.     As  foon  us  thry  cain« 

at  a  dt^c ,  thc-y  Kll  lijt  on  their  iac($    be* 

i.  re  the  Fophar,'  v/iiliout  fy>ir.;5  a  word,  and  re* 
ccived  the  golden  uriJ«,  witii  ifjc  e^rili  wc  bti-ught 
"'•>ng  with  us.     Thth  they  turned  ai.d   majchtd 

uciiy  bclorc  us  holding  (he  urrs^shigh  in  their 
I        s  as  ihey-cc  uld,  bui^ii  in  adc^pr.r.d  n.<  ujn- 
.I'lncc.     Thtfc     were   (•.•*.  ct    tlic    hv« 
rs  i.r.i  lonittl  the  i.r:^s. 

iccd   in   ]hi«  filcr.t   n".anner  wiihoul 
i  .  ,.or«',  till  wc  c^me;  to  lie  livrr,  oyer 

^  i;3  a  i!Lx\trj   biid^t   Willi  a   iiiun^phal 


*rch  on  the  top  of  t,  bcaiuilied  with  funs  of 
gold  moft  magnificent  to  b^biold.  Beyond  the 
bridge,  wc  imaiecliately  paffcd  thro*  a  kind  of  z 
circu!i«r  grove,  which  led  us  into  a  mort  delight- 
ful plain  like  an  amphilheatre,  M-ith  hve  avennea 
of  (Irccts  leading  to  it  ;  at  the  cntr,^nce  of  cack 
avenue  Itood  an  innumer^ible  number  of*'peoplo 
feprcfcnting  the  five  Nomcs,  or  govcrnmdnts  of 
thofe  immenfc  kingdoms,  all  in  thtir  ditFcrent 
colours,  fpanglcd  with  funs  of  gold,  which  made 
the  mod  glorious  Ihow  in  llic  world.  As  foon  as 
,tVcr  we  entered  the  amphitheatre,  our  fili^'nce.  wa» 
btoke  vviih  (bouts  of  joy  thi,t  tended  the  very 
ffcies  ;  then  the  whole  multitude  tell  fi;it  on  thtif 
faces  adoring  the  uras^  and  repeating  t|icirfhou!t 
dnd  adorations  thrice,  thcr<j  advanced  ten  triuTn- 
phant  chariots,  according  lo  the  colours  of  .th# 
Noaics  with  funs  as  before  ;  nine  ot  the  chariots 
Were  dr^wn  with  VrX.-  ImrlVa  each,  and  the  tentU 
with  eight  for  the  Pophar  regent.  The  five  dc* 
puiies,  who  were  the  chief  of  each  ,Ni5rne,  with 
the  urns  and.*com|}anicns,.  mounted  five  of  th© 
chariots,,  the  otiier  five  were  for  us,  t,vo  in  n 
:  (gharict,  only  rnyfc4^-being  afuperKumcrarv,  y/as 
))lr%ced  buck'.vcrds-  in  the  Pophar.'s  chan:>t,"  wh1c!i 
he  ti:i'.l  lilt"  ■  2    only    mark  (;f    humiliAtioia) 

tiUd  ina<-  '.I'ttiwivc, 

.  Wit  W5tf  condtii^ed  w-i(h  fs'?  fquadroni ,  oC 
Jjoife,'  di'^Uy  each  in.  tbpir  proper  colours,,  vw^itli 
f'leam.ers  or  the  fj^n;;?,  hav-irg  the  fun  in  tfcc  csn-r 
Kr,  thro*  the  oppoiiic  aven?]r.  fiil  we  c«me  wio 
another  amphiihcatrc  ^t  2  c  ^S  wherc-vy« 

"w  an  infin'te  nunibcr  oi  icij^s  ci  fjk  of  theC«l» 
«-^..'r  «t  tir;  Hv^irH«?j    iiii  ef  *l'*v:i   (o-^r-Jzd  witig 


1 


f#]c!ci  full  ;  ficre  trc  r  t re  to  itft  and  rcftpf  ^ 
•liirdrci.  The  Poplur*stc»t  was  in  the  ctnter 
of  liis  o\Tn  colour,  which  was  green,  the  fcconJ 
Nvjmc  in  diginty,  in  whofe  iloirJijious  an4  gor-. 
#f  umcnt  wc  r.orr  wc:c. 

I  HA  VI  been  longer  in    thii    dcfcription,  be^ 
tmfc  it  was  more  a  rcliiiious   ceremony  than  any 
thing  elfr,   ihtTc  pconlc  being  rcry  myllciiout  in 
•Hthtyciu.* — I    Ihall  cxjilain      the    meaning    as' 
kiiellyax  I  can.     The  (lopping  before  we   cam* 
to  the   bridge  on  the  borders  of    ihofc    inhofpiti. 
blcdcfaris,  and  walking  i.i  that   mournfMl  filcnt 
wianncr,   not  only  cxprclTed   their  mourning    fcif 
their dcccaftd  tnccftors,  but  alfo  fignificd  the  va« 
fioui  calamity  and  labr.ur  incident  to  human  life^ 
whtrc  he  n(n  only  ouglit  to  bt,  but  really  ii  in   a 
Hate  of  banilhment    and    mourning;    wandering 
Jn  ftm-burni  defartj,  and  toircd  with   the    itormr 
©t  innumerable  lav.  Iffsdcflres,  Ail!  fighing   aficf 
•  better country.     The    palTage  over   the  bridge^. 
they  would  have  to  betoken  man'j   entrance  int» 
ftlt  by  death  ;  their  ihouts  ot  joy,  when  the  fac*- 1 
ixd  urni  arrived  in  that  country,  not    cnlv    figni- 
icdthehs^ipjncfj  of  the  ncxi  iitc,  (tor  thcfc  p«o- 

pl9 

». ^ , 

•  The  antiriji  Fyvpii  »!is  f,fit  fo  myll?rioii»,p*r- 
•icul.uly  in  rhoir  ieiij;;iow:B  ccrf inonit*,  auJ  Alcana 
of  ;4^vcrnn)ep.t.  that  in  all  })rol>MbIlity  li.e  an'knl 
f«b)ct,  i^hich  vcr^  tew  ytr  undciltar.d  rightly, haj 
ihtir  rife  jtmh  ciicm  ;  tho*  the  learned  B;^chait,iit 
fcii  Mialf^,  (<':ri^ei  tf.cui  chitflyfrom  ihc  C-.naan- 
kfi,  who  difpuiingihcnifcvesa!!  ovu-r  liie  vrcr;*!, 
wiien  ttiejfled  Irojii  Joihui,  impofed  Hpo:i  th» 
•reduloui  Cierkf,  by  ihc  tUf-reni  rf^n'.fitaiJOOi  {d 
l^^lJlUtf  xrdf  «U  iu  Uiiir  lkiij;\iaj^e. 


lS»c  miivcrfsnjr  bdicre  theimmorulity  of  the  foul 
jinJ  thmk  none  hut  bru,.5  can  be  ignorant   of  ij 
but,  fo  that  th.Tanccaors,    whoff   burial   du2 
th.y  brotight  along  with  thera,    wert  now  in  a 
place  ef  everlafting  reft.  "    i«   a 

EVBRT   ceremonr   of  thefe  people  has   Tom. 
wyacryoro.her.ndudcdi,,    it  j    tho'   there  di4 
Dot  appear  any  harm  in   any    of    them,    except 
^thetr  fal.mg  proftr.te  i,e,ore',he  duft.which  IT- 
led  iilce  rank  idolatry.      I  fhall  not    as  yet   detaia 
:«>y  readers  «-ith  the  defcription  of  the  Luti.,  of 
the  country  thro    which   vr-   paffed,    having   fo 
Kich  to  fay  of  the  more  fubflantial  part  :  that  h. 
«f  h^>rform.fgoTe.nme„,,  law,   Ld  c.fto  n 
Iboth  rel.gunu  and  evil  ;   nor  dcfcribe    their  pro' 
digtous  magnificence,  tho'  joined    with  a   great 
deal  of  natural  fimplicity.  in\h.oir   towns,  tln-;. 
^i,  fcnools,  colleges,  &e..  hecanfe,   being    hJlt 
moflty  alike,   except  for  particlar  nfe,,,  ^manu- 
f^«or.e5,   and  the  like  ;    J  ftall  d,  fcribe  ,he,?,  all 
in  one,   when  I  come  to  the  great  citv   ot   Phnr 
OthcTwifecaliedin  their  facred^langw  g^cNo-on^! 
or  It  I  fhotUd  ftay  to  defcribe  thelmmenfc   nch- 
SJ.Ierulityand  beauties  ot  the  country,  this   re- 
.ai.nn,  whxh,sdeng„edasareal    account   of   , 

^Yook  hie',"       "''^  f»  n'»n.vy«rs,  wot^ld  rati, 
U  look  like  a  romance  than  a  true  relation. 


J  'l^p..insg.,i,(V  Applon  clininanin.tj  two  l.r» 
ur,^«  ofthe.ncient   Enyptin,,,,  ,!,e    one    facred, 

»!•  of  .-ayllenes,  perhaps  iiite  fat   Ckbali  of  lA© 


>5  l.tf4  &  Advinfurti  1/ 

I  IMA tt  only  inform  my  readers  «t  prcfcii(|j' 
that  attcr  having  taken  a  moft  mai^nfficent  repafl, 
c 'nfinin^^ot delicious  fnii'S  an-.l  wines,  we  paf- 
fcd  on  by  an  evening's  journey  to  one  of  th'.ir 
t#wni,  alway$conliJ(f:^ed  and  lodged  in  that  tri- 
tirnphant  manner,  'till  wc  came  to  the  head  of  the 
V>ctorc  im-nti:*nc<l  green  Nome,  belon^^ingro  the 
Pupliar  recent,  and  fccond  in  d'^nity  of  tlt« 
Tvholc  E  npirc.  Here  thctirn  of  dull  belonging 
to  that  N'jfiie  wr.s  rcpofitccl  in  a  kind  of  i;o!dcn 
tabernacle  fci  wiili  precious  (lones  of  iinvnenfe 
vahje,  in  the  center  of  a  fpacioui  temple,  wliicJi 
t  ihalldcfcribe  hercaitcr. 

Aftir  a  week's  fcafling  and  rejoicing,  \>o\\ 
r  the  reception  of  the  diiit,  and  the  fate  rcltirn 
tir  the  Pophar  and  his  companionSj  together  witli 
^'■j  ex  a!  I  at  ion  to  the  tcgencvi  v/c  fct  out  in  th« 
nc  manner  foi-  the  other  Nomes,  to  repoGle-alt 
■  urns  in  their  rcfpe^tivc  lcmpies,-*-'whrch  are 
•ivf.  The  country  i,s  a  liitlc  mo\intainou9,  alfo 
corjtaining  vallics,  or  rat^yer  wlioic  rc^icns  rr.n- 
rii»:g  out  betwcL-n  the  defarts  ;  bcfidcs  valt  ridg^ei 
of  mountains  in  the  h?art  of  the  roimtry  which 
it.cloic  immcnfe  riclies  in  their  bowels.  Thd 
chief  town  is  fituated  ss  ni^h  as  polfibl^  in  th« 
Piiddle  of  the  NtMr.cs,  and  about  the  ccr.ter  oi  the 
country,  baiini;  tliofc-  irrcgtilariiics  I  mentioned. 
1  hf  four  inlc.'ior  Nomes  wcr?  like  tlie  tour 
cornws,  and  il\c  f]:nnc  coloured  Noine  wher^  the 
^ra:.d  Popliar,  arid  regent  pro  tempore  reliucd,  in 
tlif  center  of  liie  fquarc.  Their  method  was  to 
|:o  tJ  the  four  in fci  tor  Nomes  firf^,  and  rcpofue 
iheurns,  and  then  to  complete  all  at  the  chief 
:owu  oi'itic  iirll  Nome,      TLef-i  NoiKts  wers 


«ecli  about  eight  davf  very  eafy  journey  over. 
Thris  we  went  the  round  ot  all,  which  is,  I 
ihink  A  kiud  of  polilicdl  vi^utiun  sit  the  £401% 
time.. 

At  l^ength  vrs  carnc  to  the  g.r«at  city  ©f  Phof;,. 
©r  No-om,  there  to  repofitc  the  lad  urn,  and  for 
all  the  people  to  pay  their  refi^eds  to  the  grani 
Pophar,  it  in  being,  or  cife  to  the  regent.  Bf 
that  time,  what  with  thofe  who  accompanied  iha 
proceiiion  of  the  urns,  and  the  inhabitants  of 
that  imnienfe  town,. fo  many  people  w^^rc  gath- 
ered togciher,  as  one  v;ould  have  aimoft  thought 
had  not  been  in  all  the  werld  befidc  ;  but  in  fuck 
order^nd  decency  diftinguifticd  in  their  ranks, 
tribes,  and  colours,  as  is  not  eafy  to  be  compre- 
her.dcd.  The  glittering  tents  fpread  then~.feiv^ 
•.V£r  the  face  of  the  earth*. 

I  SH  A  L  L  here  give  a  defer iption  of  the  tows, 
bccaule  all  other  great  towns  or  heads  of  the 
Noa)es  are  built  after  that  model,  as  indeed  tht 
leiTer  towps  come  as  near  it  as  they  can,  except 
places  for  arts  or  trades  which  are  generally  built 
en  rivers,  or  brooks  for  conveniency  ;  fuch  is  the 
nature  of  the  people,  that  they  affciSi:  an  cxa£t 
unilormity  and  equality  in  all  they  do^  as  being 
brothers  of  the  fame  flock.  The  town  of  Phor, 
that  is,  the  Glor)  or  No-otr,  which  iignifics  the 
hutife  of  the  fun,  is  built  circular  in  i nutation 
of  the  fun  and  its  rays.  It  is  fiiuated  in  the  hr- 
gefl  plain  of  all  the  kingdom,  and  upon  the  lar-. 
gdt  river,  which  is  about, as  big  as  the  river  Po, 
lifing  from  a  ridge  of  mountai:;s  under  the  line, 
2ndii2i;3  tcnsrdf  the  Nor:h,    where  it   forn.j  a 

O  £reat 


f  rcat  lak-,  almoi!  like  a  Tea,  whofc  wafrrf  afi 
cxin'rcl  by  the  heat  ot  the  fun,  baring  no  oi:t-lctj 
Of  i:i)k  under  t'rouno,  in  the  fanJs  ot  ihc  vafl  de- 
farts  cncorr.pairiiig  it.  This  river  i55  cut  into  a 
r.iof!  magnificent  canal  ruuniiig  dircdlj  ihrj'  ibtf 
tjiddlc  cf  the  lovvn* 

T^EFOt !:  it  enters  tfic  tov^n  to  prevent  inunda* 
frons^  ami  lor  oihcr  conver.icnces,  there  arc  pro- 
digious bafons,  locks  and  fluicts,  with  colLtcr- 
«lc.:r,:;!»,  todivcrt  and  It*  out  tlic  water,  it  need 
bv-.  The  middle  ftrtani  forms  the  grand  canal,- 
^■hivrh  nms  thro'  the  town,  till  it  comes  to  th« 
grai^i  place  ;  then  there  is  another  lock  and 
fluicc  dividing  it  into  two  ftfrnicircles  or  \vings, 
siiid  carryinglt  round  the  f^rand  place,  forming 
8n  iinrul  wiin  the  temple  oi  the  fun  in  the  cen- 
tre, arid  mcciing  aguiii  oppofite  to  where  it  df- 
vid.-d,  and  f«>gotson  in  a  canal  a^^ain.  Ther« 
arc  aJio  bridges  over  the  ftrait  caiuls,  at  proper 
alliances  ;  before  the  river  enters  ll:c  ton  ri,  it  is 
cJividcd  by  the  firft  ^reat  lock  ;nto  two  prodigious 
leniicircles  eucompaliing  the  whole  town. 

All  the  cinals  are  planted  witli  double  rowj 
rf  cedars,  andvvalks  ih.c  mod  deli^htiul  that  can 
l^e  imagined.  The  grand  place  is  in  tiic  center 
of  the  lowii,  a  proJjj^icjii?  round,  or  immenfc 
tlicatre,  encompatfcd  with  the  brand  cs  of  tlie 
canal,  and  in  the  center  of  tiiat,  the  temple  of  the 
fun.  This  temple  con!ills  of  three  hundred  and 
fix^y  five  double  marhk*  pillars,  according  to  the 
number  of  the  days  of  the  year,  repeated  with 
three  (tories  one  above  anoiiicr,  and  on  the  lop,  a 
•uj^Ia  open  40  ihe  iky  foi  ihs  fun  lobe  ftcli  thro.'' 

Th« 


^he  pillars  arc  all  of  the  Corinthian  order,  of  «' 
marble  as  white  as  fnow  and  Suted  ;  the  edf^^^es  of 
the  ^utcs,  wub  the  capitals  coniifh^d  are  ii)l 
^i!t.  The  ir.n^r  roofs  'of  iht'  vail  galleries  on 
tntfc  pilUrs,  arc  painted  v/lth  ihs  am,  moon, and 
liars  exprciling  their  different  motions  j  with 
hieroglyphicks  kiiown  but  to  roaiS  few.  of  txi^ 
fhicf  eiders  or  rulers. 

The  outfuisfc  of  all  arc  doubly  gilf,  as  is  m 
tlie  dome  or  grand  concave  on  the  top,  open  in  the" 
middle  to  the  ficy.  In  the  middle  of  this  con- 
/3ve  is  a  golden  fun,  fufpendcd  in  the  vuid,  an4' 
fssppoited  by  Ifn-rs  or  rods  from  the  edges  of  th«' 
^cmc.  The  artificial  fun  looks  down^,  as  if  it 
ly'ere  fiiining  on  a  Globe  or  earth,  eredled  on  ft 
pedeilal  altar- wife  oppofite  to' the  fun,-  accord* 
ing  to  the  rituiition  of  their  climate  to  that  planet  ^. 
i:r  which  globs  or  earlh  are  inclofed  the  urns  of 
their  deceafed  anceilors.  On  the  iniidc  of  the' 
pithrs,  are  the  fcais  of  the  chief  men  or  elder*,. 
to  hold  their  conncils,  which  are  all  publick,- 
Oppofite  to  the  twelve  great  ftreet^,  are  fo  ma- 
ny  entrances  iato-  t>5!:  tempbey  with  as  mj^n/' 
magnificent  ftair-cafes  betsvcen  the  entrances  ta' 
go  into  the  galk'rics  or  places  where  they  keeg'^ 
tiic  regiflers  of  their  laws,  &c.  with,  gilt  btilu«- 
flrad-^s  looking  down  ijLto  the  temple. 

On  the  psdeft^ils  of  all  the  pillars  Were  engrai.' 
Ted  hieroglyphicks  and  char^itUrs  known  to  nor.« 
but  the  five  chi(  f  Pophus,  and  comaiunicatecj- 
under  the  grca;eil  fecrecy  to  the  fucceiror  ot  any 
©no  ot  them  in  cafeof  death,  lofs  ot  fenfei,  arid 
lbs  liit*    J  prcfum€,.thc  fccreis^aad   arcana  of 


i^rfe   \S.  Jd^-tfifuns 


J 


fate,  »nc^,  it  rr.av  br,  of  their  rciit^ion,  ?rts  af{3^ 
Xvitnccr,  arc  containc-d  therein,  "i  he  ir.t>{i  im- 
proper dtcorttions  of  thf  ten  p!c,  in  my  opinion,, 
^c  ilic  fuiings  of  ihc  piljars>  which  ratbt-r  look 
loo  finical  for  ihc  rr.5Jf;i!ick  Ijrrplicit)'  atftdtU  bj^ 
llicic  pcf)^lc  in  other  rclpc^f. 

"The  fronts  of  the   houfes  rcurd   the  gT?!);!^, 
yilscearc  all  concive,  or  fcgmtnts  of  cirlcs,  cx- 
ttpt  where  the    great   ftrccis   meet,     v  hich    art 
t"v*clvc  in  iiuir.btr  according  to  the   tvNcIvc  figrii, 
ol  tlic  Zotliack,  pointing  to  the  temple    in    ilrait 
lines  like  rays  to  tlic  ccp.tre.     This   vaft   ror.rd  ># 
fct  vviihdoi;b'c  rows  and  circles  of  Hattly  ccdarf 
bcfcrc  the  houfcj,    at   an   exii^l  diftanuc,    as  ax* 
aU  the  (Irecis  on  each  fide,  like  To  many    beauti- 
ful avciiiic?,  "which  products  a  mod  delightful  cf- 
feft  to  the  eye,  as  well  asconvcniency  of   fliade. 
1  Jic  cro(s   ftrtets  are    fe    linany  parallel   ciiclel- 
round  the  grand  j)1acc  and  tcn.ple,  as  the  center,, 
jraklp'   '  ;taitr  siircki  ;,6  il.t   lown   tiilarizcs   il^ 

fch.     ■ 


TntT  Ijuild  alwnTts  circnUf-vays  till  the  cTr-*^ 
«lc  is  con"! p] etc  \  then  another,  and  I'o  on.  1  lie 
H^iddlc  of  the  area's  between  the  ciittiingsof  the 
iifeets,  arc  left  fcr  gardens  and  other  convenicn- 
«c'B,  enlarging  themrdves  as  il>cy  proceed  from 
ihc  center  ;  ai  every  cutting  ot  the  ftreetj,  is  m 
lellcr  circular  fpacc  fct  rt.niK!  wiih  tite«,  ailorn- 
*d  with  fountains,  or  (l^tiics  of  Jarroiis  men; 
that,  in  tflcd^,  the  >vhc  Jc  lovtn  i&  like  a  prodi- 
^uij»  garc!cn,  dilliri£i}ilhcd  with  tcn)plcs»  pavil* 
iiiiiS,,  ;;v€44Uts,  uiiU  ci:wk$  uf £rcci,3  j   fo  that  it  if. 


difficult  to  give  my  renders  a  j lid  kkn  of  th?  bc2^i» 
ty  of  it.  The  gtjat  ibects  "opeiT  thcmfclvcs  a» 
Ihey  l:ngihcn,  like  the  radii  of  a  wheel,  fo  that 
at  ihe  fii-ft  Coming  int'j  the  town,  yoii  have  th« 
profpe^l  of  the  teiTsple  and  grand  place  dircftir 
b -fore  you  ;  and  from  the  temple  z  dlre£l  view  of 
cacoftlie  fineft  avenues  and  countries  in  th« 
world.  Their  principal  tov/ns  are  ail  built  af- 
ter this  formi.  Alter  they  have  taken  a  plan  of 
llicplicc,  they  fird  build  a  temple  ;  then  lear* 
the  {;reat  area  or  circular  market  place,  round 
which  they  build  a  circle  of  houfcs,  and  add  oth^ 
crs^sthcy  incrcafe,  according  to  the  foregoing 
tlefcripiion, 

!  N  Jill  the  fpacei  of  cntiingfs  of  the  fireets,  »r« 
public  fountains  brought  down  by  pipes  from  a 
nounuina  conlidcrablfc  di(iancc  froLn  the  town  ; 
or,  as  I  fiid  before,  flatucs  of  grcit  men  hold- 
iiw  foir.cthin^  in  their  hands  lo  declare  their  mef- 
si;  taken  either  frpin  the  invcniion  of  arts  and 
fcicnceS;,  or  Tome  irieiriOrable  a<Slion  done  by 
thcin  fur  the  ir.prcvcment  and  good  of  their 
country.  Thefe  they  lauk  upon  ?.s  more  lauda- 
ble motives,  and  greater  fpurs  to  glory,  than  all 
che  trophies  cre^Lted  by  other  nations  for  drflroy- 
Jn^  their  own  fp^cies.     Their  houfes,    ?s    1    <  S- 

irvcd  before,  are    bi  i  i    lo  v,  aU exactly 
}. eight,  and  flat  rooted,     wi:h    ariificijl   garqens 
(  n  the  top  cf  cich    full  of  flowers  and    aroma' lok 
firubs,  wljch  make  a  mofi:  beautiful  ?.ppcr.'-„-'.nrc 
when  you  look  down  upaa  tu^ui  fioui   a  . > 
liencr. 

T« ST s  arc d  great  many  otk-r  I?:? 


16  Lift  IS  JJtfHium  9/ 

tonTcnicnccf,  according  to  the  genius  of  the  p?(H 
pic  ;  which  were   I     10    mention  them,     would 
riake  a  large  volume.      I  only  fay,  that  the  rich- 
es otih.e  country  are    immcnfc,    which  in   feme 
tncafurc  arc  all    in  common,     at    I    fhall    fhevr 
when  I  come  to  the  nature  ot  their  government  ; 
the  pcopls  arc  the  moft   ingenious  and   induflri- 
«us  in   the    world  ;     the    govcrnours    aiming  at 
nothinq  but  what  is  for  the  good  of   the    puhlic, 
hiving  all  the  afTluence  the  heart  of  man  can  de- 
Jirc,  in  a  place  where  tliere  has  been  no  vrar    for 
aear  three  thoufand  years  ;  fo  that  it  is   not    fo 
much  to  be  wondered  at,   if  they  arc   arrived    at 
that  grandeur  and  magniHcenee  as  perfons  in  cuf 
%»orld  can  fcarcc  believe,  or  coiiccivc. 

When  the  ceremonies    for  the  reception   cf 
the  urns  were  over,  they  proceeded  to  the   inau- 
guration of  the  Fophar  regent,  which    was  per- 
formed with  no  other  ceremony  but  placing  him 
in  a  chair  of  flate,  with  his  face  towards  the  Kafl, 
en  the  top  of  the   higheft    hill    in    the  Nome,  to 
ihcw  that  he  was   to    infpedl,  or  overlook   all, 
looking  towards  the  temple    of  the  fun,    which 
flood  dirc(Stly  Esftw^ard  of  liim,  to    put   him    ift 
ivjind  that  be  was  to  take  csre  of  the  religion  of 
his  anceftorsin  the  firft   place.       When    he    was 
tluis  placed,  three  hundred  and  fixiy    five  of  ih* 
chief  ot  the  Nome,  as  reprcH  ntaiivcs  of  all    the 
rc(t,came  up  to  hin^,  and    muLing   a   rtfpe£lful 
bow,  faid,  Eli  Pophar,  which  is  as   much  as   to 
fay,  hail  lather  ot  our  nation  ^  and  he  en  bracing 
ihcm  as  a   faiher    does    his   children,     anfwered 
them  with  Call  Btnim,  that  iE,my  dear  children, 
Aji  oiany  ol  (he  women  did  the  Umc.     'JL  hii  was 

all 


all  the  homage  they  paid  him,  which  was  ef- 
teemed  fo  facreJ  as  never  to  be  violate:!.  All  the' 
diftindtion  of  his  habit  was  one  gi'eat  fun  on  hlr 
hreaft,  much  bigger  th:\n  that  of  any  of  ihe  ref^. 
The  precious  floiies  alfo,  m  hich  were  fct  in  ths 
white  fillet  binding  bis  forehead,  v/er>^  larger 
than  ordinary,  as  were  thofe  of  the  crofs  circles^ 
over  his  head,  terminated  on  the  fammit  with  a 
large  tuffof  gold  fringe,  ana  a  thin  plate  of  gold 
rn  the  fhapeofihc  fun  faft-ened  to  the  top  of  it 
horizontally  ;  all  of  them,  both  men  and  wo- 
men wore  thofe  fillet-crowns  with  a  tufr'of  golJp 
l>ut  no  fun  on  the  top,  except  the  Pophar. 

As  foon  as  the  ceremonies  and  rejoic'n^s'^T'er'; 
»vcr,  which  were  performed  in  tents  at  tb.e  pub- 
licexpence,  he  was  condu6led  with  the  cheartul 
acclamations  of  the  people,  and  the  found  of  mis - 
fical  inllruments,  to  a  mod  magnificent  tent  ini 
the  front  ot  the  whole_camp  facing  the  Eadjj 
which  is  looked  upon^as  the  moll  honorable,  as 
firft  feeingtherifing  fun  ;  and  fo  on  by  eafy  jour- 
neys, till  he  came  to  the  chief  towa  of  that- 
Nome, 

Thz  rfafon  wliy  thefe   ceremonies  were  per- 
formed in    the  diffcreat   Nomes,     was  to  ihc:yr 

.tiiat  they  all  depended  on  him,  and  becaufe  the 
empire  was  fo  very  populous,  it  was  impoiTible 
they  could  meet  at  one  place.  I  cannot  exprcfs 
the  carciTes  1  received  fvom  tliem^  tfpeiciillj,. 
when  they  found  I  was  defcended  from  the  fiini« 
race  by  the  mother's  fi.le,  and   i^o   neirly  related 

,  to  ih'j  Pophar.     VVhcnevi^r  I  came  hrit  mto  their 
♦^mpiii/,  Ikcy  all  «a>briivea  ir*?,  ^xiiix  and  wa- 


II  V.ft  a  AJztnrut'tJ  tf 

ir-rn,  with  t>^e  rrofl  cndraiing  tenHcrncri  ;  the 
\cl;  g  bczuiilul  nonicn  tlid  ihc  fame,  callirff  n.e 
brother,  and  f aiding  mc  in  ihtirsims  with  fuch 
xn  inncccnt  iiiTarancp,  ai  it  I  had  been  their  real 
irotlief  'oil  anJ  Icund  ai;ain.  I  cannot  faj  but 
ftirc  cf  ii.ci\i  fccmtd  to  h^vc  a  fondncfs  for  mt 
t".;at  appeijf  d  to  be  of  *nct!?er  f(;r\  and  whick 
altcrwardi  gcvc  n*ic  much  troull^,  btit  i  iirpu* 
ted  ii  to  iht  nature  of  ilic  ftx,  vrho  arc  unac- 
€ountub!y  more  fond  of  Ilran^crf,  tv  h(;m  ibey 
JLru)w  rothin^cf,  than  of  pcifons  cf  a.uch  gnat* 
cr  xnciit,  i^l.o  cci-vcrfe  wiih  ihcm  c^cry  da/. 

I  SHALL  fay  a  word  or  two  imcfc   cf  tV.a    n»* 
tiifc  of  the  pco}  !e  before  I  proctcd  in  my  relation. 
'J  hey  arcih.e  hancifc^nncQ  race  of  pco}  Ic,  I  believe 
Ufciure  ever  produced,  with  this  oniy  diifcrence^ 
>v'hich  lome  may    think   a   dcfed,    ilut    ihcy  aro 
%\\  too  i::uch  \\)lz  cn^  another  ;    that    ii,    from 
their  fpiir.alr.u  frc  in    one  f;:mily,    ^vIlhout    an/ 
mixture  ot  Jificrcnl  nations  in  their  blood  ;   the/ 
hkvc  neither  wan,  nor  trafick  with  other  people^ 
to  aduiieratc  thtir  race,  for   vhich   rcafcn     they 
).now  ncilj-Bg  ci  the  vices  fiich  a    conin^errc  cf- 
Icn  brings  along  with  it.     1  b.cireyes  arc  forre- 
liiing  too  fn  all,  but  not  fo  liiilc  as    tl  ofc   cf  th© 
Chirefc  ;  their  hair  is  generally  Hack,    and  in- 
clined to  be  a  little  croped  or  iiizzltd,   and    thcii* 
eomfltxion  brOMs  but    their  ieaturcs   arc   tho 
fnoft  €Xa£^  arid    regular  imaginable,  and    in  th.© 
n-.c  tintainous  I  aits  toward^thc   line,   ivheie  tV.c 
air  is  cooler,  they  arc  laiher  fairer  than  our  Ital- 
i;»rs  ;  ihe  men  aie  imiverlaily    well   ih.^pcd,    ta{( 
ird  ficiHlcr,  except  thro'  f(  nie    accidental    detcr- 
;B;i(y,  ^i^icU  U  very  rare  \  i»yt  (he  wvKcn^  wh« 


icep  themfclves  irjich  within  Joors  are  the  mo!l 
beaiitlfL.1  creatures,  and  the  finelUhspcd  in  the 
woilJ,  except,  as  1  faid,  i)cing  too  much  alike. 
There  is  fucU  an  innocent  fvveetncfs  in  their  bcau- 
ly,  and  fuch  a  native  modcfty  in  their  counlea- 
*ncc,   a&  c;innot  be  dcf^ribcd, 

Tna  vifitations  which  we   made   to  carr^r  rh« 
Urns,  gave  n,'ic  an  opportunity  of  feeing  the  grsen- 
eft  part  of  their  country  iis  fycn  as  I  came  there  ; 
tho'  the  Pophar  v\ith   a    Icfs  rclinuc,    and   with 
whom  I  always  was,  Tifi'.ed  them  more   particti- 
Jarly  alterwardi.     The  country  is  generally  moro 
hiily,  tlian  plain,  and  in  fjmc  parts  even  moun- 
tainous ;  there  arc,  as  I    before  mcRtioncd,    vaf^ 
lidges  of  mountains,   wliich  run  fcvcrul   hundred 
niilc-s,  either  under,  or  parallel  to  the    Equater. 
Thcfc  are  very  cold,  ^nd  contribute  •  very    much 
to  render  the  climate  mere  tsmperatc  than  might 
Dtherwife  be  expt<5ied,    both  by  refrigerating  tao 
air  with  cooling  breex*"?,  vvhicii  are  wafted  froii^ 
thence  over  the  rcifot  the  country,  and   by   lup- 
pl)iiig  iheplaiias  with  innurncntble  rivers  running 
both  North  and  South  ;  but  chit^^y   towards    tht 
North,     'i'hcfe  hills,  and  the  great    woods  they 
are  generally  covered  with,  arc   the  occafion    o-f 
the  cou.itry's  being  rubjet5l  to  rainb*  ;  there  are 
tafl  foieds  j::d  places  which  they  cut  down  ani 
deltroy  £S  thi-y  want  room,  leaving   lelT  r  §^rovct 
i(jX  be;;uiy  and  variety,  as  ^  -2:1  ^s  ufc;  and  convc* 

riency^ 


'  vc'Jl  ktiouii  so  lu^  r.&lur<i!i»t8,    lhi»t    g«*»' 

v..   I.  ^  .:wj  l^i'j!i  cttDfcl    clcuds    ard    'jyfU.'fl,    ^W'i 
c.'ii  :-,  uu^'y  csiTe'it  Lo  ia^ii   uicr*   ik.-M  ii*  tttki<i5 


f  #  Life  U  AJvinrartt    if 

fiicrcf.  Tlic  foil  ii  'o  nrc^digloiii  fcrtil(f,r.ot  .^i- 
ly  indifferent  forts  of  qrain  and  rice  ;  but  partic- 
ularly in  an  incxhauHiblc  variety  of  fruits,  Ic- 
gnmcj,  and  t^xMz  herbs  of  fuch  nourilliing 
juice,  and  drlicious  taflc,  that  to  provide  fruit 
for  fuck  numbers  of  people  ii  the  leaiV  of  their 
tare. 

'THirn  viib«'»s  bcinjT  moft  of  tbcm  luilt  o» 
tlic  rivulcrs,  for  manufa<5lurcs  and  trades  arc  not 
to  be  numbered.  Tlicir  hills  are  full  of  mctallick 
iTiir.^s  of  all  forts,  with  materials  fuflicient  to 
work  them  ;  filvcris  the  fcarccfl,  and  <;old  aU 
rr.afl  the  ir.oil  pleniiful  ;  it  ccnncs  out  often- 
times in  great  lu:npj  from  the  mineral  rocks,  as 
if  it  wept  out  from  between  the  joints,  and  af- 
terwards by  the  natural  licat  of  i!ic  earth,  or  oth- 
er imknown  caufcs  :  this  gold  is  more  du6\ilc, 
cafiei'  to  ivork,  and  better  for  all  uf-s,  than  that 
which  is  drawn  from  the  ore.  Their  iiiYCntioni 
for  arts,;ind  all  manner  of  (I  won't  fay  purpofesj 
tut  even  the  magnificence  of  life, are  adoiuihing. 

When  I  fpoke  of  thcii:  fruits,  I  (hould  hare 
tncntiuned  a  Imall  fort  of  a  grapL*  that  j^rowa 
ihf:rrc  natuiaily,  of  which  tlicv  rjake  a  v/inc 
Iharp  at  firfl,  hiu  which  will  keep  a  j^jrcat  many 
yr^rs,  mfllowing  ami  inproving  as  it  is  kept  ; 
tut  the  ciiuic-'i  grapes,  which  arcch'efly  fordry- 
iu^^,  arc  cultivated  amon^  them,  t  ho' a  very  little 
piias  doiti  it.  Their  >\incs  are  more  cordial 
than  inebriating  ;  but  a  finaller  fort  diluUdwitk. 
water  makes  ihcir  conllant  diink. 

l.BQ  not  rc.nacmbcr  th.U  I  ever  Uvf  an/  horn- 

#4 


«(I  bcafls  in  the  country,  except  goats  of  a  rcrr 
hrge  fize,  which  ftrve  them  formilkj  tho*it  it 
rather  too  rich  :  deer  there  are  innumerable,  of 
niore  different  kinds  than  are  in  Europe*  There 
is  a  liitle  hckil  feeminglv  of  a  fpccies  between  a 
roeandafiicep,  whofc  ifitfli  is  the  moft  nourU 
fhin.5  and  delicious  that  can  be  taftf  d  ;  tht(« 
m^ke  adiOi  in  all  their  fcafls,  and  are  chiefly  re- 
ferved  for  that  end. 

Their  fowl  both  wild  and  tame,  fnakc  th« 
grcRtcfl  part  of  their  feod,  as  to  fi^-fh-meat,  of 
which  tiicy  don't  eat  much,  it  being,  as  they 
think,   too  grofs  food. 

_  The  rivers  and  lakes  are  flored  with  vaf^  qtian- 
titles  of  nioflcxquifite  fi(h,  particularly  a  Poldea 
Uout  whof«  belly  is  of  a  bright  fcarlet  colour  as 
'dck-aable  to  the  palate  as  to  the  eye.  They  fup^ 
pofefifh  to  be  more  nourifhing  and  eaficr  of  d- 
geftion  thin  flcOi,  for  which  reafon  they  cat  mrcli 
irioie  of  It  ;  but  having  no  rivers  that  run  into  ihc 
lea,  they  want  all  of  that  kind. 


TfiEiR  horfcj,  as  I  ob fa rved  before,  are  but 
Imall  but  full  of  mettle  and  life,  and  cxtrcmelr 
fwitt  i  they  have  a  wild  af»  larger  than  the  horf/, 
of  all  the  colours  of  the  rainbow,  very  drong  and 
prohtablctor  burdtn  and  drudgery  ;  but  ti.eir 
great  carriages  are  drnwn  by  elks,  tl:c  drotiieda- 
lies  arc  for  travelling  over  the  fands.  'The  rivers, 
at  icud  m  the  plain  and  low  countrifsare  cut  in- 
to canals  by  whichlhcy  carry  moff  ot  their  lto- 
%'iiion  and  cttcCt*  Sill  over  the  country, 


^EroRE  I  come  to  the  remaining  ocCttrrcRftl 
of  nn  own  life,  in  whicliriUiliin'j  vr-^<  x'.raor:1i- 
iKirjrh  ppcr.'J  till  1  came  away,  unlcU  1  reckon 
the  cx'fi'Jidinary  hapj^incfs.  I  was  pUctd  in,  as 
tosll  t;.ings  of  iliit  lite,  in  <»ne  of  the  moft  dcli- 
€iuii$  regions  cf  liic  iiiiiveiTc,  marritd  to  tlic  Ivf- 
|;cnt's  d«iii^hirr,  anil  tht  dtplorr-blc  lofs  of  hfr 
%\itb  my  only  remaining  for,  ;  I  fhall  give  my 
rcsvicrs  a  fticcincl  accwintC/1  thr iirclii;ion,  bv\«, 
fjiu  cmlums,  w!ii;:h  arc  almoR  as  lar  cut  of  ib« 
cominon  way  of  t'.iinking  of  thcrcllof  the  uoii.^, 
ft£  llKli  zouuxjy. 

Or  Thi  rR   I-}.LIGiON. 

Trir  re'i^ion  o:  tr'^;.:  rcvoplc  is  rr^iiy  iuoiitrj^ 
in  thcmuin  ;  tho'  a?  r.ui^'.l-f'at.rl  n.itural  :is  pofli- 
hie  for  hcathc  1  .  They  indeed  wil!  rotackroNv- 
lct!^,e  tlitmlllvcs  to  he  licat'.ers  in  the  fcnfc  we 
take  ihc  Hord  ;  tiiat  if,  worihiptrs  of  falfe  GocIf, 
ior  they  have  an  Rbhorr  nee  ot  i»iuUiTy  in  "wordt 
at  well  as  the  CHiMcfcbLl  arc  iJolatJ-rs  in  tfFc(f^, 
worfhipinK  the  fnatciial  ft^.n,  ar.H  pa)ir£;  iliofc 
rr.pcrrtiiioiiS  litfr  tolh\,ir  dfCf'Ofl  anccHors  ;  of 
%viiich  p«rt  (>1  their  rcli|^ior  !1  account  h&s 

already  hecn  pivcn.  l-liiic  pec^ple  however 
icLnowlrd^e  one  fjprcrnc  G^c^t  I'-iakcr  of  tl' 
things,  V  horn  they  cali  EI,of  the  moft  high  o. 
t!l.  'I'l.ij  they  fjy  nctiiial  leafon  icach^'s  tb'-.ni 
Imni  «n  argun  frn'.,  il.o'^oovl  in  i'fclf,  yet  forni*i 
•  ftcr  a  diUcici.:  Vray  of  ar^uir.g  from  Oihcr  pco- 

TiiF.y  Oy  all  the!/ rwr  V  if.lcjm,  rr   ...  ' 

Uic  x^iUi\  iii\,u  ill  Ut?  Yi'CiiJ  pui  togcUicr, 


«?/V/r;r 'CAUDeNTi3   ©r  Lu«CA.         ^ 


as  it  is  wiili  rtfpeci  ^  , 

Therefore  the  author  of  it  nvcsft  be  a  being  rnfi- 
niiciy  'vvifcr  than  a)I  intcllccSliKil  beings.  As  fcnr 
the  notion  of  any  thing  producing  iilclf,  without 
a  prior  caiife,  they  laugb  at  it,  and  ailc  why  vva 
do  not  fee  fuch  effects  produced  without  a  Cauf;*, 
Hence  ihcy  hold  only  one  independent  caufe,  ani 
.l^at  there  muft. be  one,  cr  nothing  could  ever  b^ 
productd.  Tho!  they  make  a  God  of  the  (\:r5,. 
they  don't  fay  he  is  independent  as  to  his  o\yak> 
kcing  ;  but  that  he  re^ccivcd.it  from. this  £1. 

ScMi  ofthe  wifcr  forf,  when  I  argwed  witii 
ihcTj,  Teemed  to  acknowledge  the  fua  tobe  a  ma* 
tcrial  Bi'irg  created  by  God  ;  but  others  think 
liim  to  be  a^fort  of  Vicegerent,,  by  whom  the  El 
perfo;rr,s  every  thing  as  the  chief  infhiinaental" 
Ciiufc  of  all  pro'JuctionF. .  This  is  the  reafon  that 
they  addrtfs  all  their  prayersjo  the  fun,  tho*  they 
allow  all  power  is  to  be  reterred  originally  to   tb« 

The  men  look  i!pon  the  moon  to  be  a  material 
Being  dependent  f>n  the  fiin  ;  but  the  vromea 
ftcm  to  make  a  Godt'efs  of  her,  by  re*(on  of  th^ 
iijfluencc  (he  has  over  that  fex  ;  and  foolifhij 
think  flic  biings  fcrih  every  mcnlh  u  hv?n  fhe  is  at 
the  lull,  and  that  the  ftarsare  hers  and  the  fun'r 
children.  They  all  of  them,  both  men  and  vvo- 
mtp,  reft  fatisfrcd  in  ihtir  bdief,  without  any 
difj-utcs  cr  ftudicd  nctioi.s  about  a  being  fo  infi- 
^  Kittly  above  ihtm,  thirking  it  much  bttter  to 
adujc  biinin  ibcirifcrutability  of  his   ciltuce^  in 

0.  *# 


f4  ^^f  ^  AJvtniuTu  y 

an  hii^Mc  filcnce,  than  t6  \>i  dif^uting'nbot)!'. 
wbai  they  cannot  comprehend  ;  all  tlicii*  fcarcH 
If  cnioloycd  in  fi.cond  caufcs,  and  the  knowledge 
•inaturc  as  far  2s  it  may  be  ufcful  to  ir.cn. 

Th  ey  addrcfs  ail  ihcir  prayers,  and  moft  of  tht 
cxtcriul  a«!^^.ions  of  tlicir  v/orfhip  to  ihc   ftin,   it  it 
on  iccon'nt  of  tlicir  bciii.-vi»:g'hitn  to  \yt  the  plif- 
iiczl  ciufc  of  thcprodiitliori  ©f  all  thin£»s  by  hiff^ 
Rjti:rul  ii.flucnce  ;  which,  iho*   the  wifcr  fcri   of^ 
tlicfi,   when  you  c«imc  to  rcafon    more  clofi!v%  . 
\%\\\  grsnt  to  be  d^iivcd  froin  ilic  El,  and  fome  of  ^ 
ihom  will  o'lvn.liim  to  be  a  mere  inatfriHi   B«in^,' 
n:ov:d  c  "  )r    c^uic,    yet    the   gctictality   of 

l|i-ni  d-*)  ;.   .  -    .-.I  of)  tills  ;  but  arc  r bill y    gu;T^y 
cf  idolatry, lAWprihving  a  mere, creature. 

Th  LRF,  arc- fo.nc  o'iicr    po'uis   oi    ItTs    confe- • 
«jiirncc, -jv-ich  TTV    r^a^icrs  will    (;br«:rvc   in    th« 
couife  of  the  relation.     As  for  the  imrncrtalitf 
of  the  foLil,  r2wsr«!5  and  ptinilhmen's  in   another' 
life  they  Relieve  both,  tho'  they  haVc  an. odd  waj 
of  explaining  then.     They  fiippofe  without  any' 
bvfitation,  that  the  foul  is  a  Biing  independent  of 
fnaricr,  zz    i«^   its   tdtnc'e,    luvihg 'facjUiwS   of. 
thiiiiiint!;,  willing,  and. chufiiiji',  which  mere  inat<« 
tcr,  let  It  b«  fpun  «vcr  fo  fine,  aiid    a<Slnatcd   by- 
t)ic  quickcfl  aiid  il.c  moll  fub.lc  motion,  can  nev- 
er be  capalj'e  of  •,  bvit  their  roiion  ot  ihc  ,fic-ex-  ' 
itlcncc  with  the  i£l,  bclor^  they   were   fynl    into- 
bgdic??,    i*   very    cOrtfurcd.       The   rewards    and ' 
pynifji/'^ivts  ill  tlic  next    life,  they   btihvc    will  • 
cllktly  CO  U\  it  this  ',  th^i  in  prcponion  £i  their  < 
a^ior,*  JiaVe  \>^pn  confcrirable  to  the  jull   idcai 
»i  rhcfofrcnieliicip^  b  ihii  life,  ^%wJl\ui  Uili 


<f.'Vs5r  GAyrji^^Ti©  ©i  Lucca.        9-^ 

prr^  snd  more  cf  his  iniRnltc  wifjom,  fo  tlR^t 
fouls  will  appfonch  llill  ftcarer  to  ihe  beautifiit 
intc'ligencf  of  their  divine  model  in  the  qcxt.  ■ 
Bat  if  their  a<flion2ln  this  life  have  bvcn  coniifK 
cntwhh  the  fnpTcn-iC  feafon  ip  God,  they  -Qiall 
be  pcrmittc-d  to  go  on  fcr  ever  in.ihat  hic^vr.nitcn- 
<y  and  dir«igrcemcnf,  till  they  become  fo  jrlor.- 
flrouxly  wicked  and  cDorrriouj,  p.8  to  btCQms  *-■  • 
bomiaabls  even  to  ihcnifclycs.  - 

T i-r 2 y  believe  in  the  trriiifniigradcn   of  Touf?;>  ' 
act  asa  punilhuiciU  in  the  Rtxt  lite,  hut  as. one 
in     ihi?.      They    lay     that    ihc    Jouis    of  ir.eti 
do  not  enter  into  brutes  ;    but  that   the   fo'uls  of 
b2Ut€*;€ntcr  into  the  bodies  of  men  even    in   thiB 
life  ;  and  that  the  body  of  a   volupiuons  man,  i;> 
pouciltd  by  the  foul  of  a  hog,  a    luilful*  man  ^by 
thatofago.u,  a  treacherous   man  by   that   of  n- 
fox,  2  *yia;inicar  man  by  that  of  a    wolf,  and"  f q' ^ 
of  therert.    'Thk  belief    is  inUiil^'J  into  theni  h' 
t^arly,  and  with  fa  nivrch care,  that  ii   is  of  ver/  : 
g-reat  benefit  to  keep  ihtm  within  th^    bounds  wi^* 

JfCilfoIi.  ^,- 


Of  7K£ir  LxWVS  and  CU;ST0MS,  • 

OvcR  and  ^bfive  what  has  bern  f^id  BlreaJy  of; 
tliC  nature  and  cuftoihrjoi  ihcfc  ptopU-,  thfir  LtvyJ'- 
arc  y«ry  few  in  numb  r  ;  but  then  ihcy  crs  pro*' 
djgiousexavfl  in  the  w'jLrvanec  oJ  thcn^.  To  • 
%veigh  th«  ir.erits  of  a  caiifc  by  the  weight  of  ,th«  - 
purfp,  as  is  done  in  nvf>fl  conr.trlcs,  would  hc 
counted  by  thenn  one  of  the  greated  enormiil^js* ' 
There  axf  t\Q  couxU  fy:  difj-uicr^  all  is  done   bf--' 


^  t'i^  \S  ithi^Uy:t  :$f 


I 


laying  iIjc  c*rc  before  thtir  puSllc  afTcjT/olIes, 
Ijctcre  any  one  or  two  piwdcui  and  juit  men,  ani 
the  affair  is  ftt  ally  deolclid  at  once.  AH  ihc  b\f 
an.or.g  'lum  if,  ri.mi  Ih^It  ^o  no  wrong  to  sny 
er.e  ;   wiuitul  ciKering  into  any  furihrr  niccikj. 

Thf.  iR  livi  rhcrrforc  arc  noihing  b::t  the  f.rd 
jrircipUs  ot  najural  juflicr,  jtidgeci  ard  explain- 
ed by  <hc  elders  in  tl^c  public  hearing  of  all  ivhd. 
ViwTc  a  n  irJtocomc  in,  as  the  facls  arc  brought 
irio  (iifpuic. 

Tmr  h«vc  a  p<  fitivc  lJ^r  arr.cng  them,  aof 
fn  (hcd  hiur.an  b!»od  voluntsiilv.  Tlity  carry 
♦  his  .*i:rddir.tr.!il  Isw  of  raiure  to  fiich  a  htighr, 
'•at  ;hf  y  i  ever  pit  apy  cuetc  diaihcvtn  tcr  n.ur- 
Hcr,  rhich  very  rare])  happens  ;  that  i?,  once 
in  firrral  a^-s.  It  it  appears  ih;;t  a  pcrfon  hus 
ff-lly  n.i  r 'crtH  anoihtr,  a  thing  ihry  thii-k  ul- 
rio.l  impoinilr,  theprjfon  ct  nviilcd  is  ihul  up. 
f;orr,  all  con.n  tree  of  men,  v^ith  prtvil-ons  to» 
keep  him  alive  n?  h  ng  as  nature  al!ov.  s,  Ai'cr 
/,  Ills  death  the  f;6t  i?  procluin^ct^,  as  it  v  as,  v.  hen. 
>hty  (hut  him  up,  ovtr  ;  11  the  Ncrnc?.  Hii 
*arr.e  is  tlol'.td  cut  o*  ih.cir  ^fnca!r^,iis  ;  then 
y.is  dc'Ad  bc-ily  is  mangled  juH  in  il  c  f..n.c  mr.i;ncr 
i  J  he  killed  »Ih  ir  i.octnt,  and  a!"icr»::r(Is  burn; 
*f);^^(}u«',  V  1  :cl.  are  tsiiitd  i:p  to  the  hi^l.cU  pait 
rf  ihtdcfaMs,  21  d  iLm  ^t/fTcJiip  imn  the  air,  to. 
l>e  carriid  aM  ay  by  the  w  ini's  blew  ii.g  trcm  their 
•^  n  trunUY  :  Kor  isi  c  ever  n  ore  to  be  rcck- 
LHiJ  ist'ne  of  thiii  r..ce,  and  there  is  a  Kcr.cral 
B-c  u:r:jigtt;wlVi«i  il.rcK^htui  the   liii^e'im   i^t 


t  ^  -*;  V 


Tii&iii 


^tgrnr  GauDENTIO   Dt  LuCCA.'         ^f 

There  is  alfo  aii  exprcfs  law  againft  adulter^ 
ind  whoredom,  which  arc  like  wife  punifhed  af- 
ter death.  If  pt*r(ons3rc  caught  in  adultery, they 
are  fhut  up  ipart  till  death  ;  then  they  are  expo- 
fed  naked  as  they  vcre  furprizcd,  and  the  body  of 
the  woilnan  treated  after  tne  moft  ignominious 
manner  for  three  days.  After  which  they  are 
burnt,  and  their  alhesdifperfed  as  before. Whore- 
dom is  only  punifhed  in  the  man,  by  chaining 
him  to  a  he-goat,  and  the  woman  to  a  fait  bitch, 
artd  leading  them  thus  round  tho  Nome.  If  4 
'iVoman  brings  forth  by  adultery,  the  child  is  prc- 
fervcd,  till  able  to  be  carried  with  them  when 
they  go  into  Egypt,  and  there  given  to  foma 
Granger,  with  ample  provifions  for  it^  mainien-* 
ancc,  but  never  to  be  heard  of  more. 

There  is  alfo  dne  particular  I  fhould  have 
mentioned,  relating  to  injuftice.  If,  f©r  exam- 
ple, the  elders  find  there  has  been  ?ny  confrJera-r 
blc  injullice  done,  the  criminal  is  obliged  to  ref- 
tore  nine  times  the  value.  If  any  one  be  convic- 
ted to  have  impofcd  upon  the  judges,  he  is  id  bs 
ffent  out  to  the  fliirts  of  the  country,  to  live  b/ 
himfelf,  for  a  ti:ne  proportionable  to  his  g'Jilt, 
vv'iih  a  mark  on  his  fcrchcad,  for  all  pcrfons  to 
avoid  him,  lell  "he  fhould  inftil  his  principles  ir.tg 
ethers. 


Or  TriEiR  Form  of  GOVERNMENT. 

THE'Rform  oi  government  is  patriarchal 
vliicli  they  prcfcrvc  involably,  asbjing  the  moit 
tenacious  peopl-:  in  the  world  ot  tWcir  pri'niiivc 
inftituiioijs.     Dul  the  order, of  thafucceiiion    '? 

l\  .cxtrcii.i?!^ 


cxtreunclyparticnlar  to  keep  up  \ht  equality  of 
brotherhood  and  dignity,  as  ,exad>  they  can. 
What  is  mort  particular  in  this  government,  is, 
that  ihcy  arc  all  abfolnte  in  fomc  manner,  and 
indcpendani,  as  looking  on  thenifclvt'S  as  all 
cqtiai  in  birili  ;  yet  in^n  rntirc  dependency  of 
paiiir-il  fuborciination  or  cldciQiip. 

Thf.y  arc  in  the  famt  manner  lords  and  pro- 
prietors of  their  own  pofTtinons,  yet  ihc  Toj'nar 
and  governors  <2n  allot  and  Jifpofe  of  all  for  the 
public  emolument,  becaufc  they  look  upon  him  to 
be  as  much  the  father  of  all,  .-:$  the  immediate 
nitiiral  father  is  of  his  pro|?er  children,  and  even 
ir  fomc  fcnfc  their  natural  father  by  riglit  of  cl- 
dcrlliip,  becaufc  they  fprung  originally  fron)  one 
rian,  whom  the  Grand  Tophar  reprefcnts.  To 
tliij:,  that  natural,  or  politick,  or  cvtn  fupcifH- 
tious  refpccl  they  Ihcw  to  their  parents,  contri* 
butes  fo  much,  that  they  never  difputc,  but  «n 
the  contrary,  revere  the  regulaiiuns  made  by 
their  fupcriors  ;  being  futisficd  that  they  arc  not 
on1>  jult  and  good,  but  that  it  is  their  own  a(Sf, 
fince  it  is  done  by  virtue  of  a  fubordihation  to 
which  they  all  beiong, 

Thf  Gr:nd  Pophar  is  common  father,  erteem- 
jn^  all  the  rtfl  as  children  aiul  brothers,  calling 
thtm  univerfall)  y>y  that  nante,  as  they  all  call 
oneanothtr  brothers,  barierini^  and  cxchanji;ing 
their  corrunoditii s  as  one-  kroiiicr  would  do  with 
another  ;  and  not  only  thuT,  b(*t  they  join  all  in 
building  ihrir  towns,  public  places,  l:hocds,&c. 
laying  up  all  their  floves  and  prc^vifions,  over  a. id 
above  the  pr<Tcnt  confumption,  in  pubiick.  plAori 
(9T  the  ufv  of  the  vrhulc,  E  V  ftXY 


Stc^n^r  Causentio  di  Lucca.        99 

]6lvERY  man,  wherever  he  goc:?,  f titer  into 
^hat  houfes  he  pleafes,  as  if  it  were  his  own 
home;  this  they  are  doing  perpetually  through- 
out the  whole  country,  rather  villcing  than  mcf- 
chandiziiig,  exchanging  the  rariiJes  of  each  ref- 
pcdivc  place  with  thofe  of  other  parts,  juft  like 
friends  making  prcfcnts  to  one  another.  Of 
thofe  people  it  may  be  faid  \vith  a  degree  of  prb- 
priety,  that  they  arc  all  fervants,  every  one  has 
his  employment  ;.  generally  rpe:«king,  the  youn^j- 
er  fort  wait  on  the  elders,  changing  their  offices 
as  it  is  thought  proper  by  their  fuperiors,  as  in  a" 
well  regulated  commwniiy.  All  their  children 
urviverfally  are  taught  at  the  public  expence,  as 
children  of  the  government,  without  any  dillinc- 
tion  but  that  of  perlbnal  merit. 

Their  youn<y  men  and  women  meet  frequent- 
ly, but  then  it  is  in  their  public  aflembliffs,  with 
grave  people  mixt  along  with  them  ;  at*  all  pub- 
lic excrcifes  the  women  are  pla<:ed  in  view  to  fee 
and  be  leen,  to  enflame  the  young  raen  with  cnuw 
lation  in  their  performances. 

Of  their   marriages,  ^>cc. 

Th«  Pophar  informed  me,  that  th^?ir^  gTcateft 
eare  of  all  was  to  make  marriage  cAeeaied  by 
bo'h  pjrtics  ihehappiell  ftaic  that  can  be  v/ilhccl 
for  in  t hi?,  life.  Thi^•,  he  <aid,  depends  more  ia 
making  the  woman  ha^py  and  fixt  xh  her  choic(?, 
than  ih>i  roan  ;  bccaufe  ifthe  pcrfon  be  impofeJ 
upon  her,  not  according  to  her  own  inward  in- 
ciitiaiion,  that  difltke,  or  revenge,  or  perhaps  a 
more  lluauful  pafHon^  will  makij  her   fcek  for 

relief 


jC«  Life   (^  Adventures    tf 

relief  elfewbcrc  ;  and  where  women  arc  nol  vir- 
luous,  men  will  be  lewd.  Wc  therefore  permit 
ihc  woman  tochufe  entirety  for  hcrfclf,  and  the 
jr^tn  to  nr.akc  their  add  relics  where  they  plcafe  : 
hut  the  woman  is  todiftinguiOi  her  choice  by  feme 
fignul  occkfion  or  other,  and  that  too  not  with- 
cut  ^rcat  difficuUics  on  both  fides,  which  being 
lurmounlcd,  they  tf^tem  thtmfelvcs  arrived  at 
ihc  happy  part  ot  all  iheir  wil>.cf.  The  moH  ar- 
licLt  and  tried  love  dttcrn.ints  iiic  chcicc  :  This 
tr.dcars  the  man  to  her  on  the  one  hand,  and  the 
ci:lici<Iiy  of  (inding  any  woiDan  v  ho  has  not  the 
i/.mc  induccn^cnts  to  love  her  hiifband,  Icavei 
Liui  no  encouiagcment  in  his  iawlcfs  defires  a- 
mong  married  women  ;  ::nd  the  flngle  women 
arc  either  fo  early  engaged  w  iih  their  lovers,  or 
fo  poifeiTed  w  ith  the  notion  that  a  married  man 
cannot  belong  to  her,  thai  hisfuit  would  be  en- 
tirely vain.  In  a  word,  wc  do  nut  allow  the  lealt 
icmroral  intcrcft  to  interfere  in  the  choice,  but 
rather  wilh  our  young  people  fliould  fall  in  love. 

The  Author  reiurtn  tit  the  >nQre  partUularclrcum^ 
J!arices.  af   his  oii.i  life. 

Thi  Pophar  regent  n::ide  choice  of  mc  forone 
c'l:i5  attending  compsni(  ns,wilhthc  other ycung 
r;:tn  wlio  caii;e  heme  v»itii  'Js  :  he  hsd  a  ^reat 
niiiiy  other  attendants  arid  tfiicers  deputed  by 
ccmmcn  confcnt,  to  wait  his  oidtrs  as  rt-gcnt  ; 
tiufe  T\erc  chuJ:gcci  every  Hve  years,  as  v\erc 
thofc  attending  the  governors  of  the  other  Nomcs, 
i^n  account  at  improvement  ;  for,  being  all  of 
equal  qijali;y,  they  endeavour  it»  give  tiicm  as  e* 
qtul  au  cduc^iiiga  gsii  foilibic,    ehan^in^  iheir 

cuiployincnt, 


^/g-air  Gax/denti©  di  LtrccA.        loi 

employments,  and  waiting  on  one  another  ia 
their  iurns* 

But  to  return  to  myfclf  ;  the  Pophar  being 
my  ncareft  relation,  took  me  into  his  own  fami- 
ly, as  his  conftant  companion,  and  attendant, 
v*'hen  he  was  not  on  the  publick  concerns,  where 
I  always  accompanied  him  with  moft  dil!ingnifh- 
in2:  marks  of  his  favour.  He  would  often  confer 
with  me,  andin(lru6l  me  in  their  ways  and  cuf- 
toms,  and  the  polity  of  their  government,  en- 
quiring frequently  into  the  particularities  of  our 
governments,  both  civil  and  religious  ;  for  the 
lad  he  never  endeavoured  to  perfuadc  me  to  con* 
form  to  their  ceremonies,  and  my  ovrn  good  fenfe 
told  me  it  was  prudence  not  to  meddle  with  thccfir 

He  had  had  two  fon?,  both  dead,  and  two 
daughters  living,  the  one  was  about  ten  years  old, 
•when  I  arrived  there,  the  other  v^-as  born  the 
year  before  the  Pcphar  fct  OLit  for  Grand  Cairo. 
Ills  lady,  much  younger  ti^an  himfcif,  (hewed 
fuch  frefh  remains  of  beauty,  as  demonftrated 
that  nothing  but  what  fprung  from  herfe!f,could 
equal  bci  ;  both  the  Pophar  and  his  confort  look- 
ed on  mc  as  their  own  Ton,  nor  could  1  expert 
greater  iavour  had  1  really  been  f).  I  'Wiks  left 
to  follow  what  liberal  emplo)mtni  I  had  &  niind 
to.  Phi'ofophy^  muiick  and  painting  h:id  been 
the  chief  part  of  my  Uudy  and  diver fion,  till  rr.y 
vnhapp/  captivity^  and  ih.e  lofs  of  my  brother'; 
but  as  1  was  fallen  among  a  nation  of  phiiofo- 
phcrs,  that  noble  fcicnce,  the  miftrcfs  of  all  o;h- 
trs,  made  up  the  more  ierioi:s  part  of  my  err  ploy- 
caentj  tho',  by  the  Pophar  r:gzi::'z  caxii^ft   de- 


t€2  Li/iT  Uf  AJventurts    •f 

fire,  larplicd  iTiyfcU  to  tlif  other  two,  particu- 
larly f  aiming. 

I  Ai:Liii)  myfclf  With  c^traorJliiJi »  ^iili-' 
gcncc  to  this  art,  particularly  fincc  the  Pophar 
would  have  me  teach  his  datighter,  whofe  unpar* 
Cfltrltd  ciiarms,  tho'jufl  in  the  bud,  made  me  in- 
fenfiblc  to  all  others.  By  frequent  drawing,  I 
not  only  plcafed  him  and  others,  but  almofl  my- 
ftll  ;  every  one  there,  men  and  women  were  to 
follow  fo QIC  art,  or  fc  cnce  ;  the  Pophar  dcfircd 
me  to  impart  my  art  Xa  fome  of  the  young  peo- 
ple of  both  fexes,  faying  they  had  very  grtat  en- 
couragements for  the  inventors  of  any  new  ans^ 
which  I  might  julliy  elaitn  a  title  to,  wiih  rc- 
fpedl  to  their  notion  :  I  did  ^Oy  and  before  I  Uft 
tlie  place,  I  had  the  plcafur*  to  fee  Tome  of  ihcin 
c^ual,  or  even  excelling  their  riiailcr. 

These  were  the  chief  cmploymenti  of  i:  / 
Icifure  hours  ;  tho'  1  was  forced  to  leave  iLc.ii 
for  confidcr^wle  intervals,  to  attend  the  rep,ent  in 
the  private  vifitations  •t  his  charge,  which  he 
did  frtquenily  from  time  to  time,  fomctiincs  to 
one  Nome,  fomctlnjts  to  another,  havint^  an 
eye  over  all  boih  officers  and  people.  ThcTu 
"virifatiuns  were  rather  prcfcrvations  aj;ainft,  than 
jeincdits  for  any  diforders.  ifc  ufed  to  fay,  that 
the  cummonwealih  was  like  a  great  machine 
V  ii!i  different  mcvcincnts,  which  if  frequently 
vifited  by  the  artid,  the  lead  f^.aw  bti'in^  taken 
Boiice  ot  in  lime,  was  not  only  foon  lemtdicd^- 
but  was  a  mean^' of  prefcrving  all  the  red  in  a 
condant  and  regular  motion  \  but  if  ncgle£led, 
^ouid  fuoa  difyfdtr  the   moiioiii  of  ibc  other 


parts,  and  either  coda  great   deal    to   repair,  or 
pntig  the  whdie  machine  to  cleft ruftion. 

Unless  on  public  folemnittes,  which  were 
always  very  magnificent,  the  Poph.irwent  about 
without  any  great  train,  not  to  burden  his  peo- 
ple, accompanied  by  only  an  aflifting  elder  or 
two,  the  young  Pophar,  and  myfclf,  he  holding 
frequent  confultations  with  the  fubalterns,  and 
even  with  the  mcanefl  art! fans,  calling  them  his 
children;  and  they  having  rccourfe  to  him  as 
their  coin nion  father.  .For  the  firft  five  years  of 
his  regency,  the  only  difficulty  v/e  had  of  any 
moment  to  determine  was  an  affair  of  the  mofb 
delicate  nature  I  ever  heard  :  Tho'  it  does  not 
concern  myfelf,  I  fhall  relate  it  to  my  readers 
tor  the  peculiar  circumftances  of  it,  it  being  a 
;Cafc  entirely  new,  as  well  as  improvidtfd  for  by 
t'r-lawsin  their  con  flit  uiioii. 

The  cafe  was  thus  :—rT wo  twin  brothers  had 
fallen  in  love  with  the  fame  woman,  and  fhe 
Vviih  them.  The  men  and  the  woman  lived  in 
different  parts  of  ihe  fame  Nome,  and  met  acci- 
dentally atone  of  their  great  folcmnities  ;  it  was 
at  the  feaft  of  the  fun  wliicJi  is  kept  twice  a  year, 
"b-caufc  their  kingdom  lies  between  the  tropicks. 
This  fiiuation  is  the  occafion  that  they  have  two 
fprings  and  two  fummers.  At  the  beginning  of 
each  Iprinj,  there  arc  great  fcalts  in  every  Noinc, 
in  hoii<.ur  of  the  fun  ;  t'nry  are  held  in  the  open 
fields,  m  teflimony  of  iiis  being  the  immediate 
Caufe  (in  their  opinion)  of  the  pr<)du(^ion  of  all 
things.  All  the  facriHce  they  offer  to  him  arc 
five  iililc  pyramids  oi  incvnfc,    according  to  the 

numter 


104.  Life  y  Aelvfnttirt^  cf 

number  of  their  Nomcs,  placed  on  the    alcar  it 
plaics  of  goU  till    they  take    fire   of  ihcmfclvct. 

Five  yoimgmen  and  as  many  womrn  are  de- 
puted by  the  govcrnours  to  pLitorm  the  office  of 
placing  the  pyraini<ls  ot  iiiccnfc  on  the  altar,  cladl 
in  their  fpa-iglcd  robes  of  the  colour  ot  the  Nome, 
with  crowns  on  their  heals,  marching  up  two  by 
two,  a  man  and  a  woman,  between  two  rows  of 
young  men  and  women,  placed  thcaire-wifc  one 
above  anothc  r,  and  make  the  mod  beautiful  ibovr 
that  eyes  can  biihold.  It  happened  that  one  of 
the  twin  hrothi*rs  was  deputed,  with  the  young 
lady  I  am  fpcakinjj  of,  to  make  the  firll  covipic 
for  the  plncing  the  Inccnfe  on  the  Al'.ar.  They 
marched  up  on  dijTcrent  fidci  till  they  came  to 
the  altar:  When  they  have  placed  the  Inccnfc, 
they  falute  each  other,  and  crofs  down,  he  by 
the  ranks  of  the  wom6n,  ani  fhe  by  the  men> 
M'liich  they  do  with  a  wonderful  grace  becommg 
fuch  an  atJguft  fami'y. 

The  dcfign  of  this  is  to  encourage  a  decorum 
in  the  carriage  of  the  young  people,  and  to  give 
them  a  fjghi  ot  each  other  in  their  greatefl  luf^re. 
When  the  five  couple  have  performed  their  cere- 
mony, t!)c  other  ranks  come  two  by  tv;o  to  lijc 
altar,  faluiing  each  other,  and  croiling  as  before, 
by  wliich  means  the  young  people  have  an  oppor- 
Uniiy  of  facing  every  man  and  v/oman  ot  the 
whole  company,  tiio'  the  placing;  of  them  is  done 
by  lot.  It  they  have  not  any  engr.gement  bcforcj 
they  grnerally  take  the  tird  liking  to  ons  another 
at  twch  interviews,  and  the  v.omafi'i  love  and 
Qjj'jice     bcinj   what  dclcrmiaes   ihfc   mafrJ-s^gc^ 

■without 


<f/^«jr  Gaudentio  oi  Lucca.        105 

without  any  view  of  intereft,  being  all   equal  in 
quality,   the  young  gallants  make  it  their  bufmcfs^ 
to  gain  the  a-fecTtion  at  the  pcrfoii   they    liks  by 
thtir  future  feryices. 

To  prevent  inconveniences  of  rivaliliip  at  the 
feegi«n.ing,  if  the  man  be  the  pcrfon.  the  woman 
likes,  be  prefcnts  her  v^ith  a  flower  juft  in  the 
bud,  which  (he  takes  and  puts  in  her  brea(L  If 
ilie  is  engaged  before,  fhe  fl:i^ws  him  one,  to  fig- 
niiy  her  engagement  ;  .which  if  in  the  bud  only, 
fhevys  ihe  courtfiiip  is  gone  no-furihcr  than  ths 
jBrfi  propofal  and  liking  j  if  half  blown,  or  the 
Jike,  'tis  an  emblem  of  further  progrcfs  j,  if  full 
blown,  it  fignifies  that  her  choice  is  determinedj, 
from  whence  they  can  never  rcceJc  ;  that  is,  ilic 
can  change  the  aian  that  prcfents  it,  but  he  can- 
not challenge  her  till  fhe  has  v/orn  it  publickiy. 
If  any  diHike  Ihould  happen  after  that,  they  are 
to  be  ihut  iip3  never  to  have  any  hufband.  If 
:1^e  has  no  engagement,  but  does  not  approve  of 
tltc  peifoji,  ihc  makes  him  a  low  courtely,  with 
her  eyes  fhut  till  he  is  gone  away.  li'  the  man 
be  engaged,  he  wears  fomc  favour  or  other  to 
(hew  it  ;  if  he  likes  not  the  \^oman,  he  prefcnts 
her  with  nothing  ;  if  the-  woman  fliouid  make 
Tome  cxtraordinaj  advances,  Vvithout  any  of.  his 
ftdi',  flic  has  liberty  to  live  a. maid,  orto  be  dif- 
poll-d  of  among  the  widows,  b^ing  looked  upon 
as  fuchj  who  by  the  bye,  marry  none  but  v/id- 
owcrs. 

But  to  return  to  the  twin?*  it  happened  th^t 
the  brother  who  went  with  the.  lady  to  the  aitai;, 
feting  (lie  had  no  bud  upon  her    bfeaff,  fell  in 

5.V  lOYG. 


io6  Life  i^  A  Jv  en  I  urn  9/ 

love  with  her,  and  fhc  with  Lim  ;  the  awe  of  the 
ceromony  hindrcJ  them  from  tjking  any  further 
r.utice  ot  one  at  thit  time.  As  fhe  went  down 
the  rankrs,  the  oth?r  brother  faw  her,  and  fell  in 
love  v»iih  her  likewife,  and  contrives  to  meet  her 
with  a  bud  in  his  hand,  jiift  as  the  ceremony  end- 
ed, which  llie  accepts  of,  taking  him  to  be  the 
pcrf:>n  who  had  marched  up  with  her  to  the  al- 
tar i  but  being  obliged  to  go  oiT  with  the  other 
young  bdics^ ;  v/hcther  the  concern  Ihc  had  been 
in,  \v.  performing  the  ceremony  before  fuch  an 
iilul'trious  air^mbly,  or  tlic  heat  of  the  weather, 
or  the  joy  ill > conceived  in  hnding  her  afFcdlion 
reciprocal,  or  all  together,  had  fuch  an  efFcciy. 
that  (he  fell  into  a  fainting  fit  among  her  com- 
panions i.  who  opening  iicr  bofo'ii  in  hafte,  not 
minding  ihcfiawtr,.  it  fell  down,  and  was  trod' 
imdcr  foot.  Jiill  as  (he  was  recovered,  the 
broiher  who  p(  rformcd  the  ceremony,  came  up 
and  prefented  his  bud,  flie  thinking  it  had  been 
that  fnc  had  loll-,  received  it  with  a  look  that 
flinvcd  he  had. made  a  greater  progrcfs  in  her  af- 
fcclions  than  what  that  flv)vvcr  cxptelVcd  ;  the 
laws  not  permitting  any  fun.  .t  converfation  at- 
that  jun^l'jre,  they  retire*,  to  their  rcIpe6Uve 
habitations. 

Some  tlir.c  after,  the  brother  v,'ho  had  the  luck 
to  pref^nt  the  firli  Hower,  whom  for  diilintilion 
I  Ihall  Cdll  the  younger  brother,  as  he  really  war, 
found  a  way  to  make  her  a  vilii^hy  ftealth,  at  a 
grated  window,  wliich,  as  1  ubfeivcd,  was  pub- 
licly piohibitc-d.by  their  wife  governours,,  but 
privately  connived  as  to  enhance  their  love.  He 
came  to  he r^  and  aliei:  locac   amorous   convcrfa- 

tiori;, 


4?/VAf!5r  Gauoemtio  Di  Lucca.       icif 

tio?i,  mike?;  boM  toprefsnt  her  the  more  aJv^m- 
ced  inark,  of  his  arTcdlion,  which  (ho  accepted  of,. 
and  gave  hiVn  in  return  a  fcarf  worked  with 
hearts  fcpirated  by  little  bramWcs,  to  Ihr.v  there 
were  foms  diflicultivjs  for  hi  in  to  overcome  yet  ; 
however  they  gave  one  another  mutual  aifuraiices 
of  love,  and  he  was  permitted  to  profefs  himfelf 
her  lover,  without  declaring,  her  name,  for  fome- 
private  reafuiis  flic  had, 

IsToT  long  after,  the  elder   brother    c-^m":?  a.r.S 
procured  an  opportunity  of  meeting   her    at   the 
fame  window.     The  night  was  very  dark  fo  that 
he  could  not  fee  the  fecond  ftjwer  which  Ihe   hai 
in  her  bofom,  only  Ihe  received  him   with  great- 
er figns  of  joy   and   freedom  than  he    cxpc<':led  ;^ 
hut  reflevSling  on  the  figns  he  had  remarked  in  her 
countenance,  and  after  her  illnefs,.  by  a  fort   of 
natural  vanity  for  his  own  merits,  flattered  him- 
fcif  that  her  paffion  was  rather  greater  than  his, 
CTCCufw'd  hi-tnlclf  for  btiing  fo  long  without  fteing 
her,  and  added,  that  If  he  were  to  be  guided   t>y 
the  height  of  his  (lame,  he  would   fee    !>er   evtry^ 
night.     She  rtfli^tirg  how    lately  Ihe    had  i"ce|5i-- 
hiin,   thought  his  diligence  was  very  extraordi- 
nary, but  imputed  it  to  the  ardour  ot  his  paliion  ;; 
in  fine  fhe  gave  him  fuch    affured   fign^i   of  love,, 
that  he  thought  in  himfelf  he  might  pal's  ihe  mid- 
dle ceremony,  and  prefcnt  her  v/ith  a  iull  blowa 
flower,   to  make  fare  of  her.     She  took  it,    but 
told  hi'.n  fhe  would  not  wear  it  for  fornc  time,  ti  I 
fhe  had  palHd  fome  formn,  and  hnd  further  proof 
of  his  conftancy  ;  but  for  his  confirm:uion  of  her 
afFe6lion,  (he  put  out    her     hand  as    far    ,'^S  th^ 
grate  would  permit,  which  he  ki.f.^d  v/ith  all  t!|3 

afdouc- 


XoS  L'^fe  i^  Adventure  I  tf 

arcionr  of  an  cnfiamccl  lover,  gives  her  a  thoufand 
afiuranccs  cf  his  fidelliy,  and  fhc  in  return  ^ave 
him  a  ribbon  with  two  hearts  interwoven  with 
her  own  !uir,  fcparaied  only  with  a  little  hedge 
of  pomegranates  ahnoft  ripe,  to  flicw  that  the 
lioic  o\  gathering  the  fruit  was  nigh  at  liand. 

Tuns  were  the  three  lovers  ifi  the  greaieft  dc- 
gxre  oFhappincfs  iira^inablc  ;  the  brothers  wore 
htr  favours  on  all  ci:b]ic  ocenfions,  congratula- 
ting each  other  for  the  fticccfs  in  their  araiours  ; 
but  as  lovers  snufl  a  fccrccy  id  all  they  do,  never 
ttiling  one  andihcr  who  were  th3  objcfls  oi  their 
afFtiflion,  l!ie  next  great  fcafl  drew  on,  when  the 
yciin^'cr  brother  thought  it  war  time  to  prefent 
the  laft  inark  of  his  aiFtdiion,  in  order  to  demand 
her  in  marriage,  which  was  ufualiy  pcrtoimcd 
j«  ihof;  public  foleixiniiics. 

He  told  h?i  he  hoped  it  was  now  time  to  rc- 
>?^ard  his  flame,  by  wearing  the  open  flower,  as  a 
full  fign  of"  her  confcnt,and  gave  l:tr  a  full  blown 
artihi-ial  carnation,  with  gold  flames  and  little 
hcuts  on  thcler.Yts,  interwoven  with  wcndtiful 
a^i  end  ingeni  ity.  She  ihiuking  it  had  been  a 
jcpriition  of  the  ardour  of  hisi^ffc^ion,  tfjc  k  it, 
ar.d  put 41  in  her  bofom  with  nil  the  rrurkj*  of 
tejidernefs,  by  which  the  fair  i^.x  in  all  count- 
jics  ktiOW  how  tu  rfeward  lU  ti:c  j^ains  of  ihcir 
Jc-V'.rs  in  a  DK  n^cnt.  Upoiithisle  rtfclved  to 
a]k  her  of  her  parents,  whit-h  was  the  only  tliing 
JKCtfTary  on  liis  fide,  the  v. on-jtn  having  righ;  to 
dctnand  any  man's  fon  in  the  kingdom,  it  he  liad 
bi't  pi^fcntcd  htr  with  the  la  (I  n:aik  ol  his  aHcc- 
licn.     The  tldcr  bfolLcr  having  given  in   his 

lome 


Stgflfr  G  A  U  »  E  NT  1 0  D I  L  U  C  C  A .  .  I  ©§j 

fome  lime  before,  thought  tbe  parents  approba* 
tion  vT'as  the  only  thing  wanting  on  his  (iJe,  and 
rcfolvcs  the  fame  day  on  the  fame  thing. 

They  were  (Irangelyfiirprized  to  meet  one 
another,  but  feeing  the  different  fgi.vours,  they 
did  not  know  v/hat  te  make  cf  it.  When  the 
father  came,  they  declared  the  caufeof  their  com- 
ing, in  terms,  which  earncflly  exprefTad  the  ag- 
ony of  their  minds  :  the  father  was  in  as  great 
concern  as  they  were,  alluring  them  he  had  but 
one  daughter,  who  he  wcs  conndent  would  never 
give  fuch  encouragement  to  two  lovers  at  the 
fame  time,  contrary  to  their  laws;  but  feeing; 
their  exircmelik^^nefs  he  gueHTctJ  there  muft  be 
ibme  niifiake.  Upon  this  the  daughter  was  fent 
for.who  being  informed  it  ^ya^to  declare  her  con* 
font  in  the  choice  of  her  lover.,  came  down  with 
f ou r  fi  o v/ers  i  n  her  bo fom ,  not  thi n k i eg  bu  t  t he 
two  full  blowil  had  belonged  to  the  fame  perfon, 
f.iice  Ike  had  received  tv/o  before  ilie  had  wora 
'the  firll.  Tiie  defcripti /.n  the  poets  give  ©f  the 
goddcfs  Venus  rifing  out  ot  the  fea,  could  not  hi 
more  beaiitiful  than  the  bloom  that  appeared  ia 
her  checks  when  (lie  cams  into  the  roomo  I 
i^happened  to  be  there  prefcnt,  b>,ing  fent  before 
by  th^  Pojihar,  to  let  thr  father  krovv  of  the  re- 
gent's intended  vifir  :  he  beiiig  aconfrJerabIc  of,. 
iiccn,  was  to  ortier  ms.toncerxi^^ccQrdingly.,      ' 

As  iOf5r,  as  tiie  young  li^iy  heard  the   cvjfs   of 
e'-eir  coming:,  and  feeing    them  io.iininguifiiably 
1  ke  each  otaer,  With  the  public  iigns  of  hex   fa- 
vou;s  wrought  wi;k  her  own  hand,    which  tl-^^y 
brc:^ -^lit  alon^  with  th:;m,  Ihc  fcrcamctf  ojt/I  aiW" 

1'  Mo-t  raved ! 


1 1©  Life  i^  AJver.tum  of 

betrayed  !  and  immediately  fell  into  a  fwcon  flat 
on  the  floor,  almolt  between  her  two  lovers.  The 
father  in  a  condition  very  little  better,  fell  down 
by  his  daughter,  and  bathing  her  with  his  tears, 
called  to  her  to  open  V»cr  eves,  or  he  mnft  die  a- 
long  with  lier.  The  young  men  itood  like  fta- 
Xucs,  with  rage  and  dcfpair  iu  their  ]ooks  at  the 
Taaie  time. 

I  BEING  the  only  indlflfercnt  pcrfim  in  the 
Toom^  tho' extremely  furprized  at  the  event,  cal- 
led her  mo. her  and  women  to  come  to  her  afTill- 
ance  ;  ihey  carried  her  into  another  room,  un- 
drelLd  her,  and  by  proper  remedies,  brought  her 
at  Ult  to  lierfeif  j  the  firii  words  (lie  fpake  were 
**  On  !  Btrilla,  what  have  yon  done  ?"  all  the 
reft  was  nothing  but  fobbs  and  ilghs,  enough  to 
niell  the  hardeit  heart. 

When  flie  was  in  a  condition  to  explain  hcr- 
felf,  Ihe  declared,  fhe  liked  the  pcrfon  of  ihc  man 
V  ho  werit  up  with  her  to  thp  altar;  that  fomc 
time  after  the  fame  perfon,  as  fhe  thought,  had 
p/cfentcd  her  with  the  firit  marks  of  his  aifv(Slion, 
which  fhe  accepted  of,  and  m  fine  had  given  her 
confciit  by  WLaring  the  <^uIl-blown  flovver  ;  but 
"»/hich  ot  the  two  brothers  it  bilon^ed  to  (hQ 
could  not  tell  \  adding  fhe  was  wllmg  to  fubmit 
to  thed^cifi'jn  of  the  elders,  or  to  un^'erro  what 
punilhment  they  though*  fit  for  ner  heeulcfs  in- 
difcretion,  tUo'  (lie  ntvtr  dcfigncd  to  tfilertain 
two  pcrfonsat  the  fame  lime,  but  took  them  to 
be  the  fame  pcrfon. 

The  care  of  the  marriages  being  ,one  of  the 

f^adamcntAis 


^/^;79r  Gaudentio  di  Lucca.        iit 

fundamentals  of  tlyjir  governiTient;,  and  there  be* 
ingno  provifion  in  the  law  for  this  extraordinary 
cafe,  the  matter  was  referred  to  the  Pophar  re- 
gent, who  was  to  be  therein  a  few  daysv  with 
guards  fet  over  the  brothers  for  fear  of  mifchief^ 
till  a  full  hearing.  The  alfair  was  difcuifed  be- 
fore the  Pophar  regent,  and  the  reft  of  the  elders 
of  the  place.  The  three  lovers  were  prefsnt  be- 
fore them,  each  of  them  in  fuch  an  agony  ascan^ 
net  be  exprefledy 

The  brothers  were  fo  alike,  It  was  hard  to 
diftinguilh  which  was  which  ;  the  regent  afked 
ihem  which  of  the  two  v/ent  up  to  the  aUar  v/ith 
ihc  young  lady  ;  the  elder  faid  it  Was  he,  which 
the  younger  did  not  deny  ;  the  lad/  being  inter- 
rogated, owned  fhc  defigned  to  entertain  the  per- 
fon  that  went  up  with  her  to  the  altar,  but  went 
no  further  than  t'ne  firft  liking  :  then  they  afked 
which  of  the  two  brothers  gave  the  firft  flower, 
the  younger  faid  he  pre  fumed  he  did,  frnce  he 
fell  in  love  with  her  as  (he  went  dov/n  the  ranks, 
and  contrived  to  give  her  the  flower  as  foon  as 
the  ceremony  wasover,not  knowing  of  his  broth- 
er's afFedlion,  neither  did  ihe  bear  any  mark  of 
engagement,  but  accepted  of  his  fervicc,  the  lady 
likcwife  owning  the  receipt  of  fuch  a  flbwer^but 
loft  it,  fainting  away  in  the  croud  ;  but  when,  as^ 
ihe  thought,  he  reftored  it  to  her,  ihe  did  not  like 
him  quite  fo  well,  as  when  fhe  received  it  the 
^rft  time,  luppofing  them  to  be  the     fame    per- 

BfiiNG^fked  wha  gave  her  the  fecond,    third, 
and  lalt  marK  of  engagement,  it  appeared  to  be 

%h9 


tl!X^  Ltfi  'd  A.tvcniurei  */' 

tlic  younger   brother,    whofe   flower  flic   wor* 
]n;blicly  in  her  bofom  ;  but  then  Hie  received  the 
full-blown  flower    from   the   elder  bioihcr  alfo. 
'I  iie  judges  looked  at  one  another  ibr  fonie  time, 
'ic>t  knowing  well  what  to  fay  to  the  matter. Then 
ilic  regent  alked  !?cr,  Tvhcn  !he  gr.vc  htr  confcnt, 
3f  fhe  did  not  underhand  the   pcrfon   to   be  him 
that  went  up  with  her  to  \\\z  altar  ?  She  owned 
fl.c  did,   whi:h  was  the  elder,  but  in  fad  h;id  pla- 
ced her  affejf^ions  on  the  perfon  who  ^avc  her  the 
iiifl  flower,  \\  hii  h  was  the  younger.     Theh   the 
t^\  o  brothers  were   placed    befcrc  her,    and   flie 
■was  aflced,  that  fiippoiing  flie  were  how  at  liber- 
ty, wiihotit  any  engagement,  wWch  o^   the  two 
bro'.hcrs  Ihcwouid  chufe  for  her    hufband  ?    She 
ftoppcd,  aiidblufhcd  at  {\\t  qut.-flion,  but  at  length 
faid  t!»e  younger  had  been  more  ailiduous     ir»    his 
ccur'i.liip,  and  vith  tliat  bjrft  into  tears,    cafling 
a  lo<'k  at  the  younger  brother,which  calilyihcw- 
td  ihe  fvniimcnls  ot  her  heart. 

EviRV  one  was  in  the  laf^  fufpcnce  how  the: 
tcgcnt  vould  determine  the  cr.fe  ;  but  the  youngs 
mtn  cxprcilcd  fucli  a  concern  in  their  lookf,  as  it' 
the  lalt  ferltence  of  Hfc  and  deiath,  I^ippincfs  or 
rriifcr/,  was  to  be  pronounced  over  them.  Wh.cn 
i}:c  rc^ffiit  ■\^i;h  a  countenance  pErtly  fcvcre  as 
wtll  as  grav  *,  turring  towards  the  young  lady, 
ciaughier,  faidhc,  your  ill  forturjr,  or  ind'ifcre- 
tion,  ha?  deprived  you  from  having  either  of 
them  :  Uoih  )0!i  caiinot  have,  and  you  have  giv- 
en both2ncfl|«»l  light.;  if  ciiher..Gf  thciii^' will 
Givf  up  tljtir  right,  you  may  mr.rry  the  othe>,  net 
tlfc.  Wh:it  dc>  }  ou  fay>  it  p.s,  fays  he,  v/i'.l  you 
cpr.tiibuK  lo  make  one  of  yoii  happy?    They 

toth 


Stsnor  Gaubentio  di  Lucca;       n^ 

both  perfifted  they  would  not  give  up  their  right 
till  the  laft  gafp.     Then, fays  the  rcjgent,  turning  v^ 
'  to  the  lady,  who  was  almoft  dead  wifn   fear  and 
cbnfufion,  fince  neither   ot  ihem   will   give  up 
their  right,  I- pronounce  fentence  on  you,  to   bp 
fhut  up  from  the  commerce  of  rncn,till  the  death 
©f  one  of  your  lovers  ^  then  it  fhall  be  left  to  your 
choice  to  marry  the  fuivivor  ;  io  giving    orders 
to  have  her  taken  away,  the  court  was  'going  to 
break  up,,  v^rhen  the  younger  brother   falling  on 
his  kiTces,  cries  out,  I  yield  my  liglil  rather  th^ii 
the  adorable  Berilla  fliould  be  miferablc  on    my 
account  ;  let  me  be  fhut  uo  from  the  commerce 
of  men,,  for  being  the   occafion   ot  fo   divine  a- 
creature's  misfortune  :  take  her  brother,  and  be 
happy,  and  ycu  divine  Berilla,  only    pardon  the 
confufion  my  innocent   love   has    brought  upon 
you  ;  and  then  i  iTiall  leave  the  world  in  peace. 

Here  the  ■whole court  rofc  up,.,  and  the* young 
man  ^/v^ts  going  out  when  thcr-egcnt  Hopped  him  ; 
hold,  fony  fays  he,  there  is  a  greater  happinefs^ 
preparing  lor  you  than  yau  expecl  ^  Bciilla  is- 
yours,  you  alone  deferve  her,  you- lovelier,  good 
:• 'more  than  your  own  ;.  as-1.  find  her  re&l  love  is 
•:  fox  you  ;  here  join  your  hands,  as  I  find  that 
your  hearts  are  already  :  To  they  were  laahied 
immediately, . 

These  viiltations  in  thccGoipany  of  ihe,  Po- 
phar^  gave-me  the  opp<ulunity  of  feeing  al]  the 
different  p.irts"snd  chiefcuriofjiies  of  the  whole, 
empire.'  Xheir  villa'5,  or  palaces  of  ,pleafujr«, 
fire  fcattered  air. over  the  countrv,  wiih  inoft 
beauvuul  varietur  :  their  villages  :»jid,  to vya^  for 
'•'  '  "^  m*anLifa<^lLires,. 


^U  Life   i^  Adventure t    $f  I 

»ianura£lurcs,  trades,  conveniciicy   of  Agricuf^ 
turc,  i<c.  arc  innumerable  ;    their   canals,  a, 
great  lakes,  fome  of  them  like  little  Teas,  arc  v 
ry  frequent,  according  as  the  nature  of  t!,c  cou 
try  ^vl.l  allow  ■  with  pleafure  Houfcs  and  pavi 
ons,  built    at  due   dirtances    round  the    borders. 
interfpcrfed  Mith  illands,  fome  natural  and   forr- 
artificial  ;   where,  at  proper  fcafons  you    migi 
fee  thoufands  of  boats  fkimming    backwards  an. 
forwards,   both  for  the  pleafure  and  pruht  oft^lh-, 
mg  J  of  which  there  is  an  incxhaulliblc   ftorc.^  | 

Travellixc  thus  by  eafy  joiirnevs  ;  flaying 
or  advancing  in  our  progrefj  as  we  thought  fit  •  1 
admired  with, nfini.e  delight,  the  eFc^'  of  in- 
duflr),  and  liberty,  in  a  country  where  nature  anJ 
art  leemed  to  vyc  ^vitheach  other  in  their  difter- 
cnt  prcduaions.  Another  fatisfa^ion  I  derived 
fromthofcrintalions,  which  was  t],e  opportuni- 
ty  of  bang  made  ccquaintcd  with  their  manner 
of  hunting  Wild  beads,  of  which  their  country  it, 
abujidanily  fuppiicd.  ^ 

All  the  young  people  with  their  roTcrnours 
or  all  who  arc  able  or  willin-  to  -o       at    nar  i 
.larfeafons,     difperfe    themfelvc?   all 'ov^r  th; 
Icingdom  lor  the  purpnfe  of  hunting,   which   they 
call   grand  htKU..      They  chufc  fSmc  open  vS 
orva.Uawn,  asfarinihc   wild    foicits   as    ther 
can     where  they  pitch  their  tcnfF,  and  make  their 
rendrzvouz  :   then  .hey  fend  out  thtir  moft   cnu- 
lagfoiis  >oung  men,  in  fmall  bodies  of  ten     in    a    1 
company  well  armed,  each   with    his    fpear  and    " 
fufce  flung  on  his  back.      Tn.fe  go  quietly    thro' 
iLc  WildcA  parts  ol  the  foicft  *l  proper  diftan- 


Bismr  Gaudbntio  di  Lucca.         ii^ 

cs,  fo  as  to  meet  at  fuch  a  ntace,  which  is  to 
ievv  the  gnund,  and  find  a  j-hce  proper  tomai.e 
heir  (land  and  pitch  their  toils. 

They  will  be  feveril  days  out  ab'iut  this; 
)ijt  arc  lo  n  ake  no  noife,  nor  kill  any  wild  bead, 
ink Ts  atucked,  or  come  upon  hirn  in  his  couch 
it  unawares,  'hat  they  may  not  diflurb  ihe  reft, 
^^hen  they  liavt  made  their  report,  fcveral  thou- 
^nds  of  them  fui round  a  confiderablc  part  of  the 
f\,  ftanding  clofc  together  for  their  mutual 
ihujnce,  making  as  great  a  noiic  as  they  can 
A'ithdcgs,  drum's,  and  rattles,  and  other  noify 
inftruments,  to  frighicn  the  game  towards  the 
:enter,  that  none  may  cfcapc  the  ciiclc. 

When  this  is  done,  all  advance  in  a  bread, 
encouraginfy  their  dogs,  four.ding  their  horus, 
beating  their  drums  and  rattles,  thai  th«  moll 
ccuragcous  hearts  are  all  roi'zed,  and  run  before 
ihem  towards  the  center,  till  by  this  means  tmy 
have  driven  together  feveral  hundreds  oi  wild 
bcarts,  lions  elks,  wild  boars,  foxts,  hare?,  ia 
fine,  all  forts  ot  b^^ifts  as  were  witliiii  that  circle:. 
Ills  mod  terrible  to  fte  fucl>  a  heap  ot  c'ucl 
hearts  gathered  together,  grinninv:  •jii\i\  roaring  at 
^ne  another  in  a  moll  fiightful  m  mner  ;  but  the 
wild  boar  is  the  marter  or  all.  Whoever  ccmcs 
fcearhim  in  that  rage,  ev  n  tlu,  i^^fj^cft  lyon,  he 
:llrikesat  him  with  his  lulks  iind  makes  him_  keep 
his  dilUncc. 

Whrn  they  arc  brought  within  a  pronfrcom- 
fs  ihev  pitch  t.  til  toils  round  th..m,    i:vA   in- 
^tiofe  thtm  in,  cvtiy    man  joining  clufc^  to    his 

iieij^hbuuf; 


iiG  Ziff  ^  Ativintures  of 

neighbour,  holding  out  their  fpears  to  keep  them 
cff.  If  any  hvait  ni(v>.ild  endeavour  to  make  his 
cfcrjpe  which  fome  will  do  now  and  ther>,  partic- 
ularly the  wild  boars,  wiH  run  a-hcad  againfl 
the  points  of  the  fjjcars,  and  make  very  material 
fport.  Thiy  told  me  that  once  a  prodigious  wild 
fow  broke  thro'  three  files  of  fpears,  overturned 
'he  men  and  made  a  gap  that  fct  them  all  a  run- 
ning almoft:  in  a  bo:iy  tliat  way,  that  they  were 
lorccd  to  opea  and  Lt  them  take  their  career,  and 
To  lolt  all  their  labour. 

Bi'  T  now  they  have  men  ready  with  their  fu- 
fees  to  drop  any  head  that  Ihould  oIfi;r  to  turn  a- 
hcnd.  When  ihey  arc  enclofed,  there  is  moft 
terrible  work,  the  greatcft  beafls  f.i^hting  and 
goiingonr  another  for  rage  and  fpight,  and  the 
mcrelearful  running  into  the  toils  for  Shelter-* 
Then  our  iri«n With  their  fufces  droo  the  larseft 
2s  laH  as  ^ hey  czn  i  when  they  ITioot  the  wild 
boar,  three  or  four  aim  at  hini  at  a  time,  to  be 
fure  todrop  him  or  difable  him,  cthcrvviic  he 
runs  full  at  the  lafl  that  wounded  him,  with  fucli 
fury,  that  fometimes  he  will  hre.ik  thro'  the 
ftroiigiilt  toils -i  but  his  companions  all  join  their 
fpeais  to  keep  him  off.  When  they  have  dropped 
ail  that  are  dangerous,  and  as  much  as  they  have 
a  mind,  they  open  their  toils  and  difpatch  dll  that 
arc  ^af^ing.  1  have  known  above  a  hundred  of 
bealtcot  all  forts  killed  in  c  le  day.  Then  tlu^y 
carry  off  ih'jir  Ipoil  to  tlx  rendezvous,  feaning 
and  rejoicing,  and  fending  pjcicnts  as  before. 

Ttn:  R  E  is  oftentimes  very  f^rcat  dangqrj  when 
they  2^5  ibio'  the  w\j\:i!iS  to  :v.7.\Lc  tfiftOvchry  of  their 

haunts : 


Si'^-*icr  G'AVD'Evrio  t>jLvccaI       'nf 

Baunts  ;  becanfe,  goirg  in  fmall  companiesjfofrje 
itubborn  bcail  or  other  will  attack  them  diredVly  ; 
every  man,  as  T  faidjhas  a  tufee  flung  at  his  back, 
and  his  fjDcar  in  his  hand  tor  his  defence. 

Being  once  in  one  oF  their  parties,  we  ftunnfb- 
led. on  a  prodigious  wild  boar,  as  he  Was  lying-in 
his  haunt  jui\  in  our  way  ;  fome  of  us  were  pa(- 
£ng  by  him,,  but  I  thought  fuch  a  noble  prey  was 
not  to.b^2  loll  ;.  fo  we  funounded  him,  and  drew 
up  to, him  with  more  courage  and  turiofi^y  than 
prudence  ;  one  of  ray  companions,  who  v»'as 
my.  intimate  friend,,  bting  one  oi  thofe  v<  ho  con- 
ducted rae  ov.er  (he  defar  ts,  came  up  neaier  to 
liim  than  the  re(f,  with  his  fpear  in  his  bandsp. 
if  rcichi  d  out  ready  to  receive  liim,  in  cafe  he 
iliould  come  at  bixii  ;  atv  which  tlie  beall:  tiartsd 
up  of  a.  Tuddcn  with  a  noife  that  would  have  ter- 
rified the  ftouteft  hero,  and  made  at  him  wiih 
fuch  a  iury  iLat  we  gave. him*  up  for  lofl:. 

He  flood  his  ground  With  fb  much  courage, 
and.bcl  i  his  fpear  fo  firm  and  exa6f,  that  he  run 
it  ciirc6tiy  up  the  month  of  the  bealf,  quite  info 
the  inner  part  oi  Iws  throat  ;  the  boar  roared  and 
{l-o.'k  h:.s  head  in.,  a  terrible  manryerj  endeavcur- 
'ng  to  get  I  he  fpear  out,  which  if  he  haiidone,  ail 
ti  e  v^or!d could  not  have  faved  the  young  m^n 
3  feeing. the  dar>gcr>  ran  in  with  the  ianie  precipi- 
tancy, and  clapping  the  muzzle  of  my  fn/ee  «{- 
r/iOft  c!o(e  tahis  i;de  a  little  behind  hi.s  fore  Ihoul- 
dcr,  fliot  him  quite  through  the  body 'j  fo  li& 
diuppcd  down  dead  before  us. 

Just. as  we  thought  the  danger  was  over,    th'e 

U  fow 


ji8  Ufi  U  Ailvefifuns    of'' 

fowhearing  his  cry  camerufbing  on  us,  and  that 
fo  fuddenly,  that  before  I  could  turn  myfelf  with 
my  fpcar,  ihc  flriiGk  at  me  behind  with  her  fnout, 
pufliing  on  at  the  fame  time^  that  Hie  knocked 
me  down  with  her  impetuofity,  and  the  place  be- 
ing a  little  fhelving,  came  tumbling  quite  over 
me,  which  was  tlie  occalion  of  faving  my  life. 

I  WAS  fcarce  got  on  my  feet  and  on  my  giiardj 
rot  only  afltamed  of  the  foil,  but  very  well  ap- 
prized of  the  danger  ;  when  making  at  me  alone, 
tho'  my  companions  came  into  my  aihflance,  fhe 
pufbed  at  me  a  feccnd  time.  v»'iih  equal  fury.  I 
held  my  fpear  with  ail  my  might,  thinking  to 
take  hdr  in  the  mouth  ;  but  mifling  my  aim,  I 
took  her  jiiA  in  the  throat,  where  the  head  and 
2icck  join,  and  thru(l^  my  fpear  with  fuch  force, 
her  own  career  meeting  me^  that  I  ftruck  quite 
tliro'  her  windpipc;  ftriking  the  fpear  in  her  neck 
bone  fo  faft,  that  when  ihedropt  we  could  fcarce 
get  it  cut  again.  She  toft  and  reeled  her  head  a 
good  while  before  fhc  fell  ;  but  her  windpipe  be- 
ing cut  and  bleeding  inwardly  file  was  foon  choak- 
ed  :  mv  companions  bad  hither  with  the!  r  fpeais, 
on  the  fides  and  back,  but  her  hide  and  bjifllei 
were  fo  thick  and.hard,  they  did  her  very  little 
damage. 

Thev  all  applauded  my  courage  and  vi^loryj 
2s  if  I  had  killed  both  the  fwine.  But  ],  as  juf- 
tice  required,  gave  the  greatefl  part  of  the  gloryj 
for  thedeath  of  the  boar,  to  the  courageous  dex- 
terity of  the  young  man,  who  had  exposed  hlm- 
fclf  fo  gcneroully,  and  hii  him  fo  c.xa6t  in  the 
'hr^at. 


«S*/f«';r  Gaudentio  di  Lucca.        119^ 

We  left  the  carcafks  there,  not  being  able  to 
carry  them  ofi'.  I  had  tlie  honour  to  carry  the 
boar's  head  on  the  point  of  my  fpear,  which  I 
would  have  given  to  the  young  m.an,  but  he  re- 
fufed  it,  faying,  I  had  not  only  killed  it,  but 
faved  his  lite.  The  honour  being -judged  to  me 
by  every  out,  I  fent  it  away  as  a-  prefent  to  the 
divine  Ifiphena,  a  thing  allowed  bytheir  cufloms^ 
tho'  as  yet  I  never  durfl  make  any  declarations  of 
iove-:  fhe  accepted  of  it,  but  added,  ihe  hoped  I 
"would  make  no  more  fuch  prefenis,  without  ex- 
plaining heifelf  any  furthei. . 

I  SHALL  now  enter  into  a  part  of  my  life,  of 
which  I  am  in  ferae  doubt,  whether  it  is  proper 
to  lay  before  my  readers,  or  not  ;  I  mean  the 
hopes  and  fe^r=s,  the  joys  and  anxieties  of  ayoung 
man. in  l0ve,..with  ao  lefs  jipcrfon  than  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  regent  of  this  vail  empire.  The  fir(l: 
time  I  faw  the  incomparable  Ifiphena,  tho*  {h.Q 
v.as  ilien  but  ten  years  old,  1  was  rcfol/ed  to  lix 
there,  or  no.  where. 

It  was  five  years  after  mtr  arfiva!,  before  I 
dared  to  let  her  fee  the  lead  glimmering  of  my 
aifedlion.  Pier  father  feeing  fhe  carried  no  mark 
of  any  engagem.e-nt,  afked  her  in  a  faniiliar  way-, 
if  her  eyes  had  made  no  conqucfts  ;. .  file  blufaed 
and  faid  flie  hoped  not.  He  told  me  alfo  as  a 
friend,  that  1  was  older  than  thsir  cuiloms  cared 
to  allow  young, men  to  live  fmgle,  snd  with  a 
fmile  aficed  me  if  the  charms  of  the  BaHa's  daugh- 
ter of  Grand  Cairo  had  eradicated  in  me  all 
ideas  of  love  ;  I  told  him  there  were  objedlG 
enough  in  MeKorania  to  make  me  forget  any 
tJiinii  I  hsL'S  fcen  before,  1  was 


iio  Life   ij.  AdvfrJur^i-  of 

1  WAS  Jiifl  come,  back  trom  one  of  or.r  viH 
ta:ion«,   wbtjn  I  was  (1  ruck  wiih  i\\e  rnod    lively 
fji-Te  oh  grief  lever  fell  111  in V  life.  ,     I    had    aU 
\     vs  obfcrvcd  before,  iKai.iriphciia  never  v.  ore 

:;)  fi;in  oJ  cn^a«;emcru,biix  then  I  found  ffie  car- 
lied  a  l/uJ  in  j.er  bofoii)  ;  I  fell  ill  immediate!/ 
i;pon  it,  Avhich  Hie  perceiving,  came  lo  fee  me 
v.ithout  any,  rs  Ihe  ufe<(  to  be  before,  keeping 
iier  eyes  upon  me  to  fee  what  elfedVit  would  have* 
Setin^  her  coniinuc  without  any  marks  ©f  en- 
gagen.enV  I.  recovered  and  made  bold  to  tell  her 
nne  dUy,  that  1  could  not  but  pity  the  miftrablc 
perfon,  whoever  heuns,  who  had  loll  the   place 

1  her  bofom,  he  had  before  ;  Khe  faid  urcon- 
rerncdly^  that  both  the  wearing  and  tskinp  away 
.\vc  llower  trom  her  boh^rr,  was  dot.c  out  of  kind- 
jieii  to  il^e  perfon.  I  was  then  fo  taken  up  with 
Csintrary  thougb-ts,  that  I  did  not  p(;rceive  Ihc 
iricani  Jo  try  wherlitr  file  i\:is  the  cbjefl  of  my 
ihciighiS;,  or  not, 

.FiNDiKC  iiie  caincdno  more  marks  of  en* 
jtn^ement  I  was  refolvid  totry  my  fortune  lor  life 
t'i  death,  the  fir  ft  opportunity,  which  ofTcrcd-it- 
fcirnot  long  afier.  To  dwell  too  Jong  upon 
n.y  courtfli jp,  would  beuuinterefUng  to  my  read- 
ers, theretc)re  I  fliall  omit  rr.eniioninjj  leveral  cir- 

ij  JT  fl^a-Dccs,  w  hich  occui red  in  x he  coui  fc '  of  it 
tiil  I  v/as  married,  which  was  ibon  after  my  firll 
r.veituyiS  ot  love  wcreniyde.     We  lived   happily 

o>  ether  for  feveral   yc^rs,  ^i^n    I'nie    ny 

.cloved  Ifiphena    brought    in;j    the    vorldlhico 
Lcautitui  children.     Our  happincfs  iecmed  to  be 

mqualled,  when  de^arn,. cruel  death^  fuini 
Jjoui  this  woidd  rc\)   divinvr.ifij^hena  3nd 

ch'. 


StgTUr  G  A  U  D  E  N T 1 0  D I  Lu  C  C  A .  1 5il 

cVildrerijall  in  the  courf^  of  fix  days  !  Notongtie 
can  exprd^,  nor  pen  ddfcribe  my  feelings,  I_ 
Twifhed  tor  death  to  call  me  fronFi  vhc  carlh,  but 
the  fuprenie  governor  of  iheuniverfe  thought  nt 
to  prolong  my  lire,  to  experience  mor^i  exuiurdi-? 
uary  vuriiiitudes  of  fortune. 

Two  years  ^ftcrthe  «^xtin:!l1on  of  my  family, 
the  Pophar  came  icmeone  day,andraid, — '*  Son, 
nt  the  expiration  of  my  regeticy,  which  will  be 
ia  about  one  year,  lintend  to  take  a  tour  to  Lnv 
rope,  and  (h'lll  be  happy  to  have  you  acc'.'iiipany 
rn-e  there  ^'— fay,  will  you  confeiu  r"  Aiicr  ^ 
iew  minuteBconlideration,  I  ag;recd  to  ius  pro-^ 
pofal. 

The  time  ft>Dn  c^rew  nigh,  when  we  were  td 
tindtirtake  our  journey  for  Grand  Cairo,  where  I 
v/as  in  hopes  ot  feeing  my  native  couniry  once 
more.  We  provided  a  good  qtianiity  of  jewels^ 
and  as  much  gold 'US  we  corddwell  carrj-,  for 
our  prefeni  c-x pence s  at  Grand  Cairo,  and  elle- 
'vvhere,  and  future  exigencies.  The  day  at  lad 
arrived,  when  we  were  to  take  O'ir  departure, and 
all  things  being  in  readinefis,  v/e  mounted  our 
dromedaries.  Not  to  mejitioit  the  ceremonies  of 
-our  taking  leave,  v/e  were  condu6ted-in  a  mourn- 
ful man  nVr  over  the  bridge,  and  latin  died  Oiico 
more  over  the  ocean  of  the  fands  and  dc*farta, 
which  were  before  us.  We  arrived  at  Grand 
Cairo  a=t  the  ufual  period  of  tla^«^,  without  any 
particular  d-ifdiler  ;  after  a  few  days  tajr}ing  in 
'hii  city,  the  Pophnr  and  myftlf  began  to  tninl; 
of  our  journey  into  Italy  ;  we  had  agreed  with 
Monlieur  Godarti  commander  of  a  French   fhip, 

V  tii 


.^  ::2  JLifcl^  Advinturei  of 

Asi  carry  us  tp  Venice,  on  bo.iril  ot  wVich,  we  fct 
,'fail  for  Candy,  Nvliere  M  Gidartwasto  touch, 
the  i6:hday  of  Augiift,  A.  Q.  171,-2.  On  our 
voyage  the  Pophar  fell  fo  dangeronfly  ill,  that 
wc  tiioiight  wc  could  fcarte  get  hini  to  Candy; 
Jie  aflurtd  me  by  the  knowkdoe  hchad  ofhimfclf 
and  nature,  that  his  time  was  coaic. 

We  put  in  at  the  fird  creek,  where  the  land 
air  a  little  rcfrcllied  him  ;  but  it  was  a  fallacious 
crifis,  for  in  a  few  days  all  of  us  faw  him  yield  up 
the  gholl  with  a  courage  becoming  the  greatcft 
hero,  and  the  bell  ox  men. 

Some  days  had  to  expire,  before  M.  <jodart 
could  make  an  end  of  his  concerns.  I  was  walk- 
ing in  a  melancholy  poPaire  one  day  along  tlie  fea 
iliore,  and  refi.'6linj»  on  the  adventure:; of  my  pad 
life,  occafionL-d  by  thofc  very  waters  whereon  I 
Aras  looking,  when  1  came  or  rather  my  feet  car-: 
lied  Hie  to  a  h?.n^ing  reck,  on  the  fide  of  the 
ifland,  jult  on  the.edgc  of  the  Tea,  and  >\hcre 
there  was  jud  room  enough  for  two  or  three  per- 
sons to  (land  privately  under  covert,  ycrydillicult 
10  be  difcertied  ;  whtre  going  to  fit  duwn,  and 
iidul^e  my  melancholy  tlioughts,  I  efpied  a 
'i  ujk  and  two  v.omcn,  as  if  concealed  \mder  the 
rock  ;  my  ow,n  trc.uhlcs  iiot  allowing.ine  the  cu- 
liofi  V  to  pry  iMo  oUicr  people's  concerns,  made 
\vx  uirii  n.or'  ^ao.k  again  :  huf  the  cl-Jcr  of  the 
tVvO  uoniui,  who  was  miftrefs  cf  tli«  other,  fee- 
ing' by  njy  drefs,  that  I  was  a  Oranger  and  a 
chrillian  (being  now  in  that  habit,)  came  rivrir- 
i)ingiw>  mc,  tnd  'ahlng  on  her  knees,  laidhoU!  of 
ii\i;ic^  Zii^  begged  nx  10  ikke   piiy   on  a  dilbef- 

fed 


S^ignor  Gaudentio  di  Lucca.         123- 

fed  woman,  who  expe6ted  every  moment  to  be 
butchered  by  one  ot  the  moll' inhuman  villains 
living,  from  whofe  violence  they  had  ffcd,.  aiUi" 
Hid  themfelves  in  that  place,  in  expectation  of 
Ending  a  boat  to  convey  tlicm  off  ;  I  lifted  her  up, 
and  thought  1  faw  foniething  in  that  face,  I  had 
feen  before,  tho'  much  altered  by  yeiirs  and 
troubles.  She  did  the  fame  by  me,  and  at  length 
cried  out,  O  KeaT)fens  !  it  cannot  be  the  man  I 
l]ope  !  I  remembefc^Vonfufedly  fomcthing  of  iha 
voice,  as  vvell  as  the  fee  ;  and  after  a  deal  of 
artonifhment/ found  it  .7 as  the  Curdifl^  lady, who 
had  faVed  my  life  from  the  Pirate  Hamets.  Oh  1 
fays  flic,  I  have  ju(l  time  enough  to  tell  ye,  that 
we  cxpe6l  to  be  purfued  by  that  inhuman  wretch, 
imlefs  you  can  find  a  boat  to  carry  us  o(F before  he 
finds  us,  otherwife  we  mud  fall  a  facrifice  to  his 
cruelty., 

I  NEVER  flayed  to  confider  confequences,  but' 
anfwered  precipitately  that  I  would  do  my  beH', 
and  fo  ran  back  to  the  fhip  as  faft  as  1  could,  and 
with  the  help  of  the  firft  man  brought  the  boat 
to  the  rock.  I  was juft  getting  out  to  take  hold 
of  her  hand,  when  wc  heard  fome  men  come 
rufhing  in  behind  us,  and  one  of  them  cried, hold, 
villain,  that  wicked  woman  fliall  not  efcapc  fo^ 
and  fires  a  piflol,  which  milling-the  lady,{]iot  the 
man  attending  her,  into  the  belly,  fo  that  he  fell 
down  prefcirily,  tho'  not  quite  dead,  I  had 
provided  myfelf  with  a  Turkilh  fcymitar,  and  a 
cafe  of  piilols,  under  my  falli  for  my  defence  on 
fnipboard  ;  A  faw  there  was  no  tirne  to  deliberate, 
fo  I  fired  diredlly  at  them,  for  they  were  thiee, 
and  had  the  good  1  jck  to  drop  one  of  them.     BJt 

Ham^is 


-■2^  Vife  i3  A'dventures  of 

Ilimcts  ss  r  found  afterwards  minding  nothing 
Init  his  revenge  on  the  woman  fired  again,  and 
iniHingthe  lady  a  fecond  time,  llioi  her  maid  ihro' 
tl:e  aim,  and  was  drawioghis  fcymitar  to  cleave 
herduwn,  when  I  flcpi  in  bcrtween  the  Jady,  bat 
iliooiing  with  loo  miich  precipitancy,  the  bull;;?3 
paiVed  under  his  arro,  and  I'jdgtd  in  the  body  of 
his  ftcond. ;  he  flartcd.  back  >it  the  lire  fo  neai" 
})im,  whicii  gave  ir.c  time  i^.,draw  !ny  fcymitar. 
Uting  now  upon  jcqyaj  ttrnis,  he  retired  r.vo  or 
three  paces,  ar.dcricd,  who  art  tb.oii,  that  vcn^ 
tureil  tliy  lite  fo  bolc'ly  fcr.this  -vvlckLd  woman? 
1  knew  [lis  voice  pertt<^ly  well,  nciiUcr  was  he 
lb  much  altered  as.ihc  l^idy.  I  am  the  man,  faiJ 
I,  whofe  lite  .thou  woiddli  hnve.ta!:en,.  but  this 
l;id}-  fuved  it,  whofe  caufe  1  I'hiil  now  icvengc  as 
Veil  as  \x\\  own,  aivd  »v.v  dear  brother's. 

Vv'e  made  «o  more  words  biH  fell  to  it  u  ilh  ci.r 
fcyjv.itars,  wiih  all  cur  mi^ht  ;  l>c  was  a  brave 
llout  man,  and  let  rrc  fc«  1.  fliould  hiive  work 
inough  to.hew  himdc'vn.  Alter  fcvcral  attacks, 
he  gave  nie  a  corihderabjic  wour.d  cri  my  ami, 
and  I  cut  him  a-crofs  the  cheek  a  pretty  ]ar<»c 
jjafli,  but  not  to  endanger  his  life  ;  at  icj"!;];(h  th;2 
ju/lice  of  my  caiJc  would  have  it,  ilat.  flrikirig 
ofl' his  turban  atoneftioke,  ?nd  wiihanothtr  fal- 
ling on  Iiis  b.irehtad,  I  cut  him  quite  into  the 
luDin,  that  foine  ot  them  fpurtcd  on  my  fcymi« 
tnr.     lie  fell  down,  r.^  I  thought,  quite  dtadjbut 

Uer  fume  time  he  gave  a  i»roar,  and  inuiierecl 
thcfeword?,  "Mahomet,  thoti  arijuft,  1  killed 
tliir,  woH'ian's  hufband,  and  (he  h^s  been  the  oc- 
caficn  of  ny  death  ;"  v.iih  the  fe  words  h.e  {;ave 
yo  the  ghclt.     Uy  tiusiiUK  the  lady's  aucndant 

was 


Stgnor  Gaudentio  lii  Lucca.        ii^ 

was  dead,  ^o  I  took  the  lady  and  her  woman 
without  (laying- for  fear  of  further  difficulties, and 
putting  them  in  the  boat,  conducted  them  to  the 
fhip.  Monileur  Godart  was  extremely  troubled 
at  the  accident,  faying  we  fhould  have  all  the 
Jiland  upoii'us,  and  made  great  difficulty  to  re- 
ceive the  lady  ;  but  upon  aj.ult  reprcfcntation  oi 
the  cafe,  and  an  abundant  recompence  tor  his  et- 
fe<Sls  left  behind,  we  got  him  to  take  her  in,  and 
hcift  failfot  Venice  as- tail  as  we  could. 

We  arrived  at  Venice  without  any  confidera- 
bleaccident,  the  loth  of  Dec.  A.  D.  1713.  J^t 
happened  to  be  the  carnival  time,  during  ocir  ftay 
at  Venice  ;  curiofiiy  led  me,  as  well  as  a  great 
many  other  ftr^ng.ers,-  of  the  firft  rank,  to  fee  the 
isature  of  it.  I  put  011  my  Mczoranian  habit, 
Ipanjrlcd  with  funs  of  gold,  and  the  filJet-crowji 
on  my  head,  ad'.ined  with  feveral jcv/elsof  ytiy 
great  value,,  which  I  believe  was  the  moll  rs-. 
mark&bic  and  magnificent  drefs  of  a.n.y  there.  I 
went  unmafqued,  being ail'ured  my  face  and  per- 
fon  was  unknown  to  all  that  part  of  the  world*- 
Kvery  one's  eyes  were  upon  me. 

Several  of  the  mafqucraders  came  up  to  mea- 
and  converfcd,  p^riiculaily  ihe  ladies.  They 
fpoke  to  me  in  fevtral  hin;;ua{:ies,.  as  Latii?,. 
Itrench,  Italian,  Spanilh,  Hi^i- Dutch',\^c..  I 
anfwered  them  all  in  the  Mezcranian  language, 
which  feemed  as  llrange  to  them,  as  my  drtfs. 
Some  of  them  fpokc  to  me  in  the  TuikilTi  and 
Perfian  language,  in  Lin^^ua  Franca,,  and  (om^ 
in  an  Indian  Ian '^^uasie  1  rcallv  did  not  underdand. 
I  anfwered  thciu  Hill  in  the  Mezoranian,  of- 
ivhich  no  body  knew  one  word.  Two' 


p2,6  Life  U  Adveniuns  9} 

Two  ladies  particularly,  very  richly  drefTcdr 
followed  mc  wherever  I  went.  One  proved  af- 
terwards to  be  FavilLa  a  celebrated  Coiirtcfan,  in 
the  richcfl  drcfs  of  all  the  company;  the  other 
Tvas  a  Bologna  lady.  NotwithftanJ'ng  their 
diligence,  I  goi  away  unknown  at  th^t  time. 
The  next  time  I  came,  I  appearcJ  in  the  fame 
drcfs,  but  with  richer  jewels  ;  I  had  more  eyes 
upon  me  then,  than  1  had  before.  The  Courtc- 
*fan  purfiicd  me  again  in  a  diflfercnr,  .but  richer 
drcfs  than  the  former.  At  length  ihe  got  mc  by 
myfclf,  and  pulling  off  her  Mafquc  fhewcd  mc 
a  wonderful  pretty  face,  only  there  was  too  fierce 
an  aifurance  irt  it.  She  cried  in  Italian  O  Sig- 
nor  you  are  not  fo  ignorant  of  our  languai^r,  as 
you  would  feem  to  be  !  You  can  fpcak  Italian 
and  French  too  ;  tho'  we  do  not  know  who  yoii 
are,  we  have  learn! -you  are  a  man  of  honour.  If 
you  would  not  undcHland  our  words,  you  may 
underhand  a  face,  wiiich  very  great  ptrfun^iges 
have  been  glad  to  look  at,  and  with  that  put  on 
one  of  the  mod  cnfnaiing  airs  lever  faw. 

I  WAS  about  to  anfwcr  her,  xvhen  the  other 
ladycameup,  and  pulling  off  her  mall-:  al  fo,  faid 
aimoft  the  f^me  ihir.gs,  but  with  a  mod^lly  more 
<;raceA»l  than  hor  beauty,  wliich  v/.is  moll  exqui- 
jit(  .  i  made  them  both  a  moll  rcfpcdltul  bow 
and  :cld  them,  that  it  )i-jd  been  much  fafcr  for 
me  if  1  hid  kept  myfelf  Itiil  unkf.own  and  never 
fcen  fuch  dangerous  charnis.  rpronoimccd  ihefc 
words  v>iih  itn  air,  that  Hicwed,  that  I  was  more 
pltaftd  wiili  the  modelly  of  the  lafl  lady,  than 
ihc  commanding  aifurance  of  the  iiid. 

Thi 


^^/V/;^r  Gaukentio  di  Lucca.        127 

The  Courtcfan,  tho'  a  little  nettled  at  the  pre- 
ference fli^  thought  I  gave  the  other,    put  on  a- 
more  ferious  air,  and  faid,  (he  had  been    inform- 
ed there  wa^;  fomething  very  extraordinary  in  my 
charader,  and  Ihould  l»e  glad  to  hear  more  ot    it 
by  herfelf  ;  that  her  name  was  Favilla,  and  that 
.itie  lived  in  fuch  a  (Ireet,  where  I  (hould  find  her 
houfc  remarkable  enough.     The  Bolognian  lady, 
was  then  at  Venice  on  account  of  the  death  of  her 
uncle,  one  of  the  Senators,   who  had  left  her    all 
his  efrc<Ss,  faid  modcitly,   if  I  fhould  favour    her 
wiiha  viiit,  as  Die  had  been  informed*  that!  was 
a  learned  man,  and  a  virtuofo,  (he   being  incli- 
ned that  way  herfelf,  (h^   Ihould  be  glad  of  an 
hour's  converfalion  with  me  on  that  fubje<ft,  tel- 
ling me  her  name  and  where  flis  lived  ;     adding, 
if  I  would  infsrm  myfoif  of  her  chara£ler,I  need 
notbe  alhamed  of  her  acquaintance  ;  nor  I  hope 
of  mine,  madam,  fays  the    other,     thinking  Ihe 
had  bacn  refle«Sl5d  on  by  that  word. 

I  wajs  going  to  reply  to  the  ladies,  when  com- 
pany cam6  up,  and  broke  off  the  difcourfe  ;  I 
was  refolvcd  to  fee  neither  of  them,  and  would 
go  no  ivi  )rc  to  the  alRmbly,  tho'  almofl  unavoid- 
ably 1  faw  both  of  them  afterwards.  I  enquired 
into  Favilla's  character,  thoM  fcarce  doubted  of 
it  by  what  I  fi wand' heard,  and  was  informed 
that  file  was  an  imperious  Courtefan,  v/ho  had 
•enflaved  feveral  perfons  of  the  firft  rank,  of  dif- 
ferent nations,  and  enriched  herfelf  by  their 
fpoils  ;  fo  (  vas  fully  rL-folved  not  to  fee  her; 
but  as  M.  Gjdast  and  myfejf  were  waikinjT;  to 
fee  the  town,  he  brought,  ine  cither  induftrioudy^ 
!«x  accidentally,  by  her  doQX ;  fhe  was  fittijig  at 


%i%  Life   b  Adventures    #/" 

the  window  of  one  of  the  mofl  magniftccnt  pala- 
ces in  Venice,  fiicn  rpoils  ha  J  Die  reaped  from 
her  bcw  itched  lovcre. 

As  foon  as  fhc  faTv  ms,  The  fmt  a  fcrvant  to 
tfll  me,  thai  that  lady  won!  i   fpcak     wiih    me  ; 
I  made  fomc  diflicnlty,  but  M.  Godari  laid,  that 
a  manol  honour  could  not  retufc  fucli  a  favour 
as  tliat  ;  fo  1  went  in,  and  M.  Godart  with  mc. 
The  lady  received  r:ic  \vi;h  :i  molt    clianning   a- 
rreeablc  air,  imich  difJ'crer.t  troaj  her   former  af- 
itirancc,  and  conduced  mc  into  a  mofl   magnifi- 
cent apartment,   leaving  M.  Gjdart  entertaming 
a  very  pretty  lady,  her  companion.     Not  to   de- 
tain my  readers  too  long,  Avhcn  1  would  not  un- 
derftand  wiiaiilie  meant,   flie  offered  me    marri- 
age,  with  the  inheritance  ot  all    her  cfJld^s  ;     I 
^as  pnt  to  the  Ult  nonplus.     I  alfured  her  \>ilh  a 
mofl:  prolound  bow,  tliai  tho'  I  was  not    wortl^.y 
erf  fiich  a  happinels,   I  had  an   indifpenfable   ob- 
Ji:;ati.)n  on  me  never  to  marry  ;   all  the  blood  Ihc 
liad  came  in  her  face  :   1  do  not    know    what  flic 
vas  going  to  Jo,  but  finding  her  in  that  difordcr, 
I  made  another  bou-,   faying,    i    would    confidcr 
funher  on  her  propcjfal  and  walked    diiedlly   out 
of  the  houfe,  dvhgning  to  leave  Venice  as  foun  as 
ever  ii»y  afi\iirs  would  ^iveme  leave. 

SoMF.  time  :.ftcr,  M.  Ciodi.rt,  came  to  me,  and 
faid,  tiiat  he  was  torctd  to  do  as  I  did  ;  that  the 
Judy  was  in  ftiCh  an  outrageous  fury  he  did  not 
imow  what  might  he  the  confcquencc.  Tlirec 
liigdts  atier,  as  M.  G  )darr,  and  a  young  kinf- 
n  an  ot  his,  aiKl  m)fcll,  v»crc  j^-oing  lowardf  tlie 
Kialio,  in  the  diifkof  tlic  tvciiing,  tour  ruflians 

attacked 


S'lnir  (j A U D 1 N T 1 6   D I  L u C C A .  1  ^9  ■ 

attacked  us  unawares  ;  t  wu  of  them  fet  upon  me, 
the  other  two  attacked  M.  Godiirt  and  his  kinf- 
irran  ;  the  poor  young  gentlcman'was  run  thro* 
the  body  the  firft  puth  ;  i  made  (hift  to  difabic 
one  of  my  adverfarics,  but  in  doing  it,  the  other 
Tun  me  thro'  the  ribs,  but  the  fword  took  on]jf 
part  of  my  body,  and  mifling  my  entrails,  the 
point  went  out  on  the  fide  of  my  back.  M.  Go- 
dart  had  killed  one  of  his  mert,  and  "w'ounded 
the  other  ;  but  the  ruffians  feeing  us  now  two 
to  two,  thought  fit  to  march  off  as  well  as-  they 
could. 

I  WAS  forced  to  be   led    to  my   lodging,    not 
tloubting  but  the  wound  was  mortal,  tho'  it  pro- 
ved not  to  be  fo  ;  the  affair  made  a   great  noife 
about  town  :   We  very  rationally  fuppoied  it  was 
Favilla  who  had  fet  the  afTaihris  on,  but  we  kncy^ 
lier  to  be  fo    powerful    with   the    Senators,    that 
there  was  no  hopes  of  ji^ftice.     While  I  was  re- 
covering,  f  was  toid  there  was  a  lady  with   two 
waiting  women,  dcfired  to  fee  me  on  very   earn- 
cft  bufinefs,  it  it  would  not  be   incommodious  to 
me.     (M.    Godart  would  nor  (tir  from  my   bed- 
ijdc,  for  fear  of  accidents.)     Who  fliould  this  be 
l>ut  Favilla,  who  came  all  in  mourning  for  my 
xiistortune  ;   I  pretended  to  be  a  dying  man,  and 
took  the  liberty  cf  tellrng  her  of  her  way  of  liv- 
3ng,to  what  a  difmal  pafs  her  paflions  had  brought 
licr  ;  in  fine,   I  faid  fo  much,  and  begged  her  by 
all  that  was  dear,  to  confider  her  Rate, That  burfl- 
ing  into  a  flood  o^  tears,   (he  prom.iied    me   if  I 
died,  {he  would  become  a  penitent  Nun.     I  ef- 
fected fo  much  by  letters  afterwards,  that  tho'  I 
recovered  flic  performed  her  promifc. 


1^0  Life^  Adventufh    of 

The  Bolognian  lady  lij^d  heard  of  my  misfor- 
tune, and  fcnt  prefcnts  to  me  frequently,  of  the 
lichefl:  cordials  that  could  be  gui  in  Venice. 
Finding  my  iUnefs  continued  longer  than  was 
cxpc(5ted,  Ihe  fent  me  word,  .that  tho'  it  was  nqt 
fo  decent  for  her  to  make  the  firft  vifit, ,  (lie  had 
heard  fo  much  of  my  adventures,  as  very  much 
riifed  her  curiofity,  to  hear  ihcm  from  my  own 
mouth,  when  I  was  capable  of  converfatioa 
without  doing  mc  any  prejudice.  I  had  inform- 
ed my  felf  of  her  character  from  very  good  hands, 
fo  that  I  was  very  curious  to  converfe  with  a  per- 
fon  of  ipcojpjjarable  talents  as  I  heard  llic  was 
miftrefs  of, 

Tfo  fum  iip  all,  infhort,(he  came  fcveral  times 
to  fee  me,  in-fomuch  that  we  contradled  the  mod 
v'frtuousfriendfhip,  by  our  mutual  incl-ination  to 
learning,  and  the  fympathy  of  our  tempers,  as 
ever  paflid  between  two  perfons  of  different  fex-^ 
cs.  It  was  on  her  acc©nnt  I  refolved  \o  lettle  at 
Bologna  ;  and  having  focne  knowledge  in  naturd- 
and  phyfic,  I  took  on  me  that  chara(^cr,  to  be 
theoftner  in  her  company  withi  ut  fctiudal ;  neith- 
er of  us  are  inclined  to  marriage.  Siie  is  one  of 
the  moft  virtuous  women  living,  arxd  myfelf  be-* 
ing  advanced  in  years,  we  are  refolved  to  live  la  * 
this  manner  during  the  remainder  of  our  lives. 


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